#8A8496#8A8496

#8A8496 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.028 H 300.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8496
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(260, 8%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(260, 12%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, 5.88, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 10.59, 303.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0141 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.028 300.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2365, 24.1078, 32.2247)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8496 #909684

analogous

#848796 #8A8496 #938496

triadic

#8A8496 #968A84 #84968A

tetradic

#8A8496 #968487 #909684 #849693

square

#8A8496 #968487 #909684 #849693

split-complementary

#8A8496 #969384 #879684

monochromatic

#4E4956 #6B6677 #8A8496 #A9A5B2 #C9C6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A8496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A8496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8496

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8496	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)

#818797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88868A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.028 300.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7b4',
    500: '#8a8496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8496;
$custom-light: #aca7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62458,
    "c": 0.02755,
    "h": 300.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8496

secondary

#BCBFB7

accent

#B1779E

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8496

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

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