#898E8A#898E8A

#898E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.008 H 151.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#898E8A
RGB	rgb(137, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(132, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(132, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -2.62, 1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 3.01, 150.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0073 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.008 151.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5761, 26.4992, 27.8599)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#898E8A #8E898D

analogous

#8B8E89 #898E8A #898E8D

triadic

#898E8A #8A898E #8E8A89

tetradic

#898E8A #898B8E #8E898D #8E8D89

square

#898E8A #898B8E #8E898D #8E8D89

split-complementary

#898E8A #8D898E #8E898B

monochromatic

#4D504D #6B6F6B #898E8A #A8ACA9 #C8CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#898E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#898E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #898E8A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##898E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##898E8A	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #898e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.008 151.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abafac',
    500: '#898e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #898e8a;
$custom-light: #abafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#898e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 2.165,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64134,
    "c": 0.00827,
    "h": 151.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#898E8A

secondary

#BAB8BA

accent

#7CA2AB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #898E8A

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

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