#8A8595#8A8595

#8A8595 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.024 H 299.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8595
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 149)
HSL	hsl(259, 7%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(259, 11%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, 5.09, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 9.38, 302.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.0122 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.024 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2926, 24.3482, 31.8478)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8595 #909585

analogous

#858895 #8A8595 #928595

triadic

#8A8595 #958A85 #85958A

tetradic

#8A8595 #958588 #909585 #859592

square

#8A8595 #958588 #909585 #859592

split-complementary

#8A8595 #959285 #889585

monochromatic

#4E4A55 #6B6776 #8A8595 #A9A6B1 #C9C6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A8595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A8595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8595

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8595	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.024 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8b4',
    500: '#8a8595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8595;
$custom-light: #aca8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.75,
    "s": 7.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62634,
    "c": 0.02438,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8595

secondary

#BCBEB8

accent

#B0789E

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8595

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

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