#8A8495#8A8495

#8A8495 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.026 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8495
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 149)
HSL	hsl(261, 7%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(261, 11%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 11.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, 5.66, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 10.03, 304.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% 0.0137 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.026 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1563, 24.0757, 31.8024)
Luminance	0.2408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8495 #8F9584

analogous

#848695 #8A8495 #938495

triadic

#8A8495 #958A84 #84958A

tetradic

#8A8495 #958486 #8F9584 #849593

square

#8A8495 #958486 #8F9584 #849593

split-complementary

#8A8495 #959384 #869584

monochromatic

#4E4955 #6C6676 #8A8495 #A9A5B1 #C9C6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A8495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A8495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8495

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8495	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.026 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b4',
    500: '#8a8495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8495;
$custom-light: #aca7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 7.424,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62422,
    "c": 0.02611,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8495

secondary

#BBBEB7

accent

#B0779C

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8495

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

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