#8A8690#8A8690

#8A8690 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.015 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8690
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 144)
HSL	hsl(264, 4%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(264, 7%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 6.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, 3.48, -4.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 5.94, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0087 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.015 304)
XYZ	xyz(24.0395, 24.4671, 29.8363)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8690 #8C9086

analogous

#868790 #8A8690 #8F8690

triadic

#8A8690 #908A86 #86908A

tetradic

#8A8690 #908687 #8C9086 #86908F

square

#8A8690 #908687 #8C9086 #86908F

split-complementary

#8A8690 #908F86 #879086

monochromatic

#4D4A51 #6B6871 #8A8690 #A9A6AD #C8C6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#8A8690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8690

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8690	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.015 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b0',
    500: '#8a8690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8690;
$custom-light: #aca9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 4.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62675,
    "c": 0.01549,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.24467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8690

secondary

#B9BBB7

accent

#AD7A99

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8690

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

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