#8A8294#8A8294

#8A8294 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.028 H 305.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8294
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 148)
HSL	hsl(267, 8%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(267, 12%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 12.2%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 6.61, -8.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 10.81, 307.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.0165 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.028 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8082, 23.5067, 31.2942)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8294 #8C9482

analogous

#828394 #8A8294 #938294

triadic

#8A8294 #948A82 #82948A

tetradic

#8A8294 #948283 #8C9482 #829493

square

#8A8294 #948283 #8C9482 #829493

split-complementary

#8A8294 #949382 #839482

monochromatic

#4D4854 #6B6475 #8A8294 #A9A3B0 #C8C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A8294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8294

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8294	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.028 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6b3',
    500: '#8a8294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8294;
$custom-light: #aca6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 7.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61965,
    "c": 0.02825,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8294

secondary

#B9BDB5

accent

#B17797

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8294

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

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