#8A8591#8A8591

#8A8591 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.019 H 304.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8591
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(265, 5%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(265, 8%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, 4.25, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 7.15, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% 0.0106 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.019 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9787, 24.2227, 30.1948)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8591 #8C9185

analogous

#858691 #8A8591 #908591

triadic

#8A8591 #918A85 #85918A

tetradic

#8A8591 #918586 #8C9185 #859190

square

#8A8591 #918586 #8C9185 #859190

split-complementary

#8A8591 #919085 #869185

monochromatic

#4D4A52 #6B6772 #8A8591 #A9A5AE #C8C5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8A8591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8591

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8591	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848791

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.019 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8b1',
    500: '#8a8591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8591;
$custom-light: #aca8b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 5.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62495,
    "c": 0.01867,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8591

secondary

#B9BBB6

accent

#AE7998

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8591

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

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