#8A8490#8A8490

#8A8490 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.019 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8490
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 144)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 8%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 4.62, -5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 7.28, 309.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% 0.0118 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.019 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7657, 23.9195, 29.7450)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8490 #8A9084

analogous

#848490 #8A8490 #908490

triadic

#8A8490 #908A84 #84908A

tetradic

#8A8490 #908484 #8A9084 #849090

square

#8A8490 #908484 #8A9084 #849090

split-complementary

#8A8490 #909084 #849084

monochromatic

#4D4951 #6B6671 #8A8490 #A9A4AD #C7C4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A8490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8A8490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8490

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8490	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.019 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b0',
    500: '#8a8490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8490;
$custom-light: #aca7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 5.128,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62248,
    "c": 0.01908,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8490

secondary

#B8BAB5

accent

#AE7A94

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8490

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

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