#888A96#888A96

#888A96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.018 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888A96
RGB	rgb(136, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(231, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(231, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 1.74, -6.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 6.85, 284.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0026 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.018 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7457, 25.6130, 32.4884)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888A96 #969488

analogous

#889196 #888A96 #8D8896

triadic

#888A96 #96888A #8A9688

tetradic

#888A96 #968891 #969488 #88968D

square

#888A96 #968891 #969488 #88968D

split-complementary

#888A96 #968D88 #919688

monochromatic

#4D4E57 #696B77 #888A96 #A9AAB3 #C9CACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#888A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#888A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888A96

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888A96	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#858C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.018 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaacb4',
    500: '#888a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888a96;
$custom-light: #aaacb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63569,
    "c": 0.018,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888A96

secondary

#C0BFBA

accent

#A878AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #888A96

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

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