#898C8A#898C8A

#898C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.005 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898C8A
RGB	rgb(137, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(140, 1%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(140, 2%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, -1.49, 0.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 1.64, 155.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0042 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.005 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2813, 25.9094, 27.7616)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898C8A #8C898B

analogous

#8A8C89 #898C8A #898C8C

triadic

#898C8A #8A898C #8C8A89

tetradic

#898C8A #898A8C #8C898B #8C8C89

square

#898C8A #898A8C #8C898B #8C8C89

split-complementary

#898C8A #8C898C #8C898A

monochromatic

#4C4E4D #6B6D6B #898C8A #A8AAA9 #C7C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#898C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#898C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898C8A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898C8A	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.005 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abadac',
    500: '#898c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898c8a;
$custom-light: #abadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 1.288,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63695,
    "c": 0.00458,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898C8A

secondary

#B9B8B9

accent

#7D9BAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #898C8A

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

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