#8A9EAD#8A9EAD

#8A9EAD is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.032 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9EAD
RGB	rgb(138, 158, 173)
HSL	hsl(206, 18%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(206, 20%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 8.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -3.71, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 10.80, 249.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.0156 -0.0275)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.032 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2489, 32.8733, 44.2785)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9EAD #AD998A

analogous

#8AADAA #8A9EAD #8A8CAD

triadic

#8A9EAD #AD8A9E #9EAD8A

tetradic

#8A9EAD #AA8AAD #AD998A #8CAD8A

square

#8A9EAD #AA8AAD #AD998A #8CAD8A

split-complementary

#8A9EAD #AD8A8C #ADAA8A

monochromatic

#4E616F #678093 #8A9EAD #AEBCC6 #D2DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#8A9EAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#8A9EAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9EAD

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9EAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9EAD	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939AAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#81A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9ead;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 158, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.032 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acbac5',
    500: '#8a9ead',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9ead;
$custom-light: #acbac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9ead",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 17.588,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68866,
    "c": 0.03165,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9EAD

secondary

#D0C8C3

accent

#6D4A9C

background

#FAFBFC

surface

#F4F6F8

border

#CED0D1

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9EAD

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

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