#8A9EA5#8A9EA5

#8A9EA5 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.025 H 220.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EA5
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 165)
HSL	hsl(196, 13%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 16%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 4.2%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -5.50, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 8.15, 227.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% -0.0188 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.025 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4979, 32.5729, 40.3231)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EA5 #A5918A

analogous

#8AA59F #8A9EA5 #8A91A5

triadic

#8A9EA5 #A58A9E #9EA58A

tetradic

#8A9EA5 #9F8AA5 #A5918A #91A58A

square

#8A9EA5 #9F8AA5 #A5918A #91A58A

split-complementary

#8A9EA5 #A58A91 #A59F8A

monochromatic

#4F6066 #698089 #8A9EA5 #ADBBC0 #CFD7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A9EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#8A9EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EA5

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EA5	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#83A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.025 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbabf',
    500: '#8a9ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ea5;
$custom-light: #acbabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 13.043,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68592,
    "c": 0.02485,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EA5

secondary

#CBC3C0

accent

#8472B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EA5

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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