#98A8AC#98A8AC

#98A8AC is a light, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.019 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98A8AC
RGB	rgb(152, 168, 172)
HSL	hsl(192, 11%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(192, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 2.3%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -4.76, -3.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 6.20, 219.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0156 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.019 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3962, 37.6586, 44.4784)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#98A8AC #AC9C98

analogous

#98ACA6 #98A8AC #989EAC

triadic

#98A8AC #AC98A8 #A8AC98

tetradic

#98A8AC #A698AC #AC9C98 #9EAC98

square

#98A8AC #A698AC #AC9C98 #9EAC98

split-complementary

#98A8AC #AC989E #ACA698

monochromatic

#5A6B70 #768B91 #98A8AC #BAC5C7 #DCE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#98A8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#98A8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #98A8AC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98A8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##98A8AC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A7AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93AAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98a8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 168, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.019 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c1c4',
    500: '#98a8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98a8ac;
$custom-light: #b6c1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98a8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 10.753,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72032,
    "c": 0.01893,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98A8AC

secondary

#D3CECC

accent

#5E5195

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111212

muted

#808181

Preview Lab

Preview with #98A8AC

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

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