#8A8090#8A8090

#8A8090 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.026 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8090
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 144)
HSL	hsl(278, 7%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(278, 11%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 11.1%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 6.93, -7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 10.01, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% 0.0181 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.026 313)
XYZ	xyz(23.2336, 22.8554, 29.5677)
Luminance	0.2286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8090 #869080

analogous

#828090 #8A8090 #90808E

triadic

#8A8090 #908A80 #80908A

tetradic

#8A8090 #908280 #869080 #808E90

square

#8A8090 #908280 #869080 #808E90

split-complementary

#8A8090 #8E9080 #809082

monochromatic

#4C4650 #6B6270 #8A8090 #A8A1AD #C6C1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A8090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8090

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8090	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80848F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.026 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4b0',
    500: '#8a8090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8090;
$custom-light: #aca4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 6.723,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61402,
    "c": 0.02645,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.22855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8090

secondary

#B5B9B2

accent

#B0788D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8090

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

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