#8A8293#8A8293

#8A8293 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.027 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8293
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 147)
HSL	hsl(268, 7%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(268, 12%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 6.40, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 10.26, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% 0.0161 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.027 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7294, 23.4752, 30.8792)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8293 #8B9382

analogous

#828393 #8A8293 #938293

triadic

#8A8293 #938A82 #82938A

tetradic

#8A8293 #938283 #8B9382 #829393

square

#8A8293 #938283 #8B9382 #829393

split-complementary

#8A8293 #939382 #839382

monochromatic

#4D4853 #6B6474 #8A8293 #A9A3AF #C7C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A8293 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8A8293 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8293

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8293	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8293	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818592

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8293;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.027 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6b2',
    500: '#8a8293',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8293;
$custom-light: #aca6b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8293",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 7.296,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61929,
    "c": 0.02686,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8293

secondary

#B9BCB5

accent

#B07796

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8293

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

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