#8A8596#8A8596

#8A8596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.026 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8596
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(258, 7%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(258, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 5.30, -8.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 9.94, 302.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% 0.0126 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.026 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3727, 24.3803, 32.2701)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8596 #919685

analogous

#858896 #8A8596 #928596

triadic

#8A8596 #968A85 #85968A

tetradic

#8A8596 #968588 #919685 #859692

square

#8A8596 #968588 #919685 #859692

split-complementary

#8A8596 #969285 #889685

monochromatic

#4E4A56 #6B6777 #8A8596 #AAA6B2 #C9C7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8A8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8596

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8596	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.026 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8b4',
    500: '#8a8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8596;
$custom-light: #aca8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.647,
    "s": 7.489,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62669,
    "c": 0.02582,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8596

secondary

#BDBFB8

accent

#B177A0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8596

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

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