#898D8A#898D8A

#898D8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.006 H 153.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898D8A
RGB	rgb(137, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(135, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(135, 3%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -2.06, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 2.33, 152.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0058 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.006 153.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4280, 26.2030, 27.8106)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898D8A #8D898C

analogous

#8A8D89 #898D8A #898D8C

triadic

#898D8A #8A898D #8D8A89

tetradic

#898D8A #898A8D #8D898C #8D8C89

square

#898D8A #898A8D #8D898C #8D8C89

split-complementary

#898D8A #8C898D #8D898A

monochromatic

#4C4F4D #6B6E6B #898D8A #A8ABA9 #C7C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#898D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#898D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898D8A

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898D8A	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.006 153.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abaeac',
    500: '#898d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898d8a;
$custom-light: #abaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 1.724,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.00643,
    "h": 153.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898D8A

secondary

#BAB8B9

accent

#7D9FAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #898D8A

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

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