#8A9EA6#8A9EA6

#8A9EA6 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.025 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EA6
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 166)
HSL	hsl(197, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 17%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, -5.28, -6.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 8.40, 231.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.63% -0.0184 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(68.63% 0.026 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5893, 32.6094, 40.8043)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EA6 #A6928A

analogous

#8AA6A0 #8A9EA6 #8A90A6

triadic

#8A9EA6 #A68A9E #9EA68A

tetradic

#8A9EA6 #A08AA6 #A6928A #90A68A

square

#8A9EA6 #A08AA6 #A6928A #90A68A

split-complementary

#8A9EA6 #A68A90 #A6A08A

monochromatic

#4E6067 #69808A #8A9EA6 #ADBBC0 #D0D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#8A9EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#8A9EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EA6

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EA6	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999DA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9599A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#82A1A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.025 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbac0',
    500: '#8a9ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ea6;
$custom-light: #acbac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 13.592,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68626,
    "c": 0.0255,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EA6

secondary

#CBC4C0

accent

#8571B6

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F7

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EA6

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

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