#8A8489#8A8489

#8A8489 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.010 H 331.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8489
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 137)
HSL	hsl(310, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(310, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 3.21, -1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 3.73, 329.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.009 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.01 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2472, 23.7121, 27.0143)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8489 #848A85

analogous

#88848A #8A8489 #8A8486

triadic

#8A8489 #898A84 #84898A

tetradic

#8A8489 #8A8884 #848A85 #84868A

square

#8A8489 #8A8884 #848A85 #84868A

split-complementary

#8A8489 #868A84 #848A88

monochromatic

#4C484B #6B666A #8A8489 #A8A3A7 #C6C3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8A8489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8489

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8489	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.010 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7ab',
    500: '#8a8489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8489;
$custom-light: #aca7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62016,
    "c": 0.01025,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8489

secondary

#B4B6B4

accent

#AC847C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8489

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

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