#8A8089#8A8089

#8A8089 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.018 H 328.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8089
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 137)
HSL	hsl(306, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(306, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, 5.51, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 6.52, 327.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.0153 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.018 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7151, 22.6480, 26.8369)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8089 #808A81

analogous

#86808A #8A8089 #8A8084

triadic

#8A8089 #898A80 #80898A

tetradic

#8A8089 #8A8680 #808A81 #80848A

square

#8A8089 #8A8680 #808A81 #80848A

split-complementary

#8A8089 #848A80 #808A86

monochromatic

#4B454A #6B626A #8A8089 #A7A0A7 #C5C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A8089 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#8A8089 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8089

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8089	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8089	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8089;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.018 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4ab',
    500: '#8a8089',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8089;
$custom-light: #aca4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8089",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61163,
    "c": 0.01787,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8089

secondary

#B1B5B1

accent

#AD807B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8089

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

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