#8E98A2#8E98A2

#8E98A2 is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.019 H 248.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E98A2
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 162)
HSL	hsl(210, 10%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(210, 12%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 6.2%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -1.49, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 6.63, 257.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.007 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.019 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9037, 30.8155, 38.6006)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E98A2 #A2988E

analogous

#8EA2A2 #8E98A2 #8E8EA2

triadic

#8E98A2 #A28E98 #98A28E

tetradic

#8E98A2 #A28EA2 #A2988E #8EA28E

square

#8E98A2 #A28EA2 #A2988E #8EA28E

split-complementary

#8E98A2 #A28E8E #A2A28E

monochromatic

#525B64 #6E7985 #8E98A2 #B0B7BE #D1D5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8E98A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#8E98A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E98A2

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E98A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E98A2	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9296A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e98a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.019 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6bd',
    500: '#8e98a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e98a2;
$custom-light: #afb6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e98a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 9.709,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67484,
    "c": 0.01874,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E98A2

secondary

#CAC6C2

accent

#9475B3

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101112

muted

#7F8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E98A2

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

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