#8A8693#8A8693

#8A8693 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.020 H 299.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8693
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 147)
HSL	hsl(258, 6%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(258, 9%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 8.8%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 4.10, -6.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 7.61, 302.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% 0.0098 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.02 299.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2718, 24.5600, 31.0600)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8693 #8F9386

analogous

#868893 #8A8693 #918693

triadic

#8A8693 #938A86 #86938A

tetradic

#8A8693 #938688 #8F9386 #869391

square

#8A8693 #938688 #8F9386 #869391

split-complementary

#8A8693 #939186 #889386

monochromatic

#4E4B54 #6C6874 #8A8693 #A9A6B0 #C9C7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8693 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8A8693 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8693

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8693	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8693	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848893

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8693;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.020 299.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b2',
    500: '#8a8693',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8693;
$custom-light: #aca9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8693",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.462,
    "s": 5.677,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62777,
    "c": 0.01977,
    "h": 299.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8693

secondary

#BBBDB8

accent

#AF799E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8693

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

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