#8A8191#8A8191

#8A8191 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.026 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8191
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 145)
HSL	hsl(274, 7%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(274, 11%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 11%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 6.56, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 9.86, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% 0.0169 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.026 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4415, 23.1482, 30.0157)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8191 #889181

analogous

#828191 #8A8191 #918190

triadic

#8A8191 #918A81 #81918A

tetradic

#8A8191 #918281 #889181 #819091

square

#8A8191 #918281 #889181 #819091

split-complementary

#8A8191 #909181 #819182

monochromatic

#4C4751 #6B6372 #8A8191 #A8A2AE #C7C2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8A8191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8191

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8191	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8492

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818490

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.026 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca5b1',
    500: '#8a8191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8191;
$custom-light: #aca5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 6.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61648,
    "c": 0.02594,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8191

secondary

#B6BAB3

accent

#B07890

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8191

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

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