#8A8395#8A8395

#8A8395 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.028 H 303.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8395
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 149)
HSL	hsl(263, 8%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(263, 12%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 12.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 6.24, -8.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 10.69, 305.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.0153 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.028 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0214, 23.8058, 31.7574)
Luminance	0.2381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8395 #8E9583

analogous

#838595 #8A8395 #938395

triadic

#8A8395 #958A83 #83958A

tetradic

#8A8395 #958385 #8E9583 #839593

square

#8A8395 #958385 #8E9583 #839593

split-complementary

#8A8395 #959383 #859583

monochromatic

#4D4955 #6B6576 #8A8395 #A9A4B1 #C8C5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A8395 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8A8395 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8395

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8395	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8395	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818694

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.028 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b4',
    500: '#8a8395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8395;
$custom-light: #aca7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 7.826,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62211,
    "c": 0.02787,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8395

secondary

#BBBEB6

accent

#B1779A

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8395

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

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