#8A8593#8A8593

#8A8593 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.021 H 302.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8593
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 147)
HSL	hsl(261, 6%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(261, 10%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 9.5%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, 4.67, -6.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 8.26, 304.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0114 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.022 302)
XYZ	xyz(24.1343, 24.2849, 31.0141)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8593 #8E9385

analogous

#858793 #8A8593 #918593

triadic

#8A8593 #938A85 #85938A

tetradic

#8A8593 #938587 #8E9385 #859391

square

#8A8593 #938587 #8E9385 #859391

split-complementary

#8A8593 #939185 #879385

monochromatic

#4D4A54 #6B6774 #8A8593 #A9A5B0 #C8C6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8A8593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8593

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8593	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838794

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.021 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8b2',
    500: '#8a8593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8593;
$custom-light: #aca8b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 6.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62564,
    "c": 0.0215,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.24285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8593

secondary

#BBBDB7

accent

#AF799C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8593

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

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