#98A8AE#98A8AE

#98A8AE is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.020 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#98A8AE
RGB	rgb(152, 168, 174)
HSL	hsl(196, 12%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 13%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -4.34, -5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 6.62, 229.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0148 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.02 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5897, 37.7360, 45.4976)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#98A8AE #AE9E98

analogous

#98AEA9 #98A8AE #989DAE

triadic

#98A8AE #AE98A8 #A8AE98

tetradic

#98A8AE #A998AE #AE9E98 #9DAE98

square

#98A8AE #A998AE #AE9E98 #9DAE98

split-complementary

#98A8AE #AE989D #AEA998

monochromatic

#5A6B72 #768B93 #98A8AE #BAC5C9 #DDE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#98A8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#98A8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #98A8AE

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##98A8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##98A8AE	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A4AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#92AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #98a8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 168, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.020 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b6c1c6',
    500: '#98a8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #98a8ae;
$custom-light: #b6c1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#98a8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 11.957,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72096,
    "c": 0.02002,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#98A8AE

secondary

#D5CFCD

accent

#634F96

background

#FBFBFC

surface

#F6F7F8

border

#D0D0D1

text

#111213

muted

#808182

Preview Lab

Preview with #98A8AE

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

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