#8A8694#8A8694

#8A8694 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.021 H 298.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8694
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 148)
HSL	hsl(257, 6%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(257, 9%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 4.31, -6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 8.17, 301.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% 0.0102 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.021 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3506, 24.5916, 31.4750)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8694 #909486

analogous

#868994 #8A8694 #918694

triadic

#8A8694 #948A86 #86948A

tetradic

#8A8694 #948689 #909486 #869491

square

#8A8694 #948689 #909486 #869491

split-complementary

#8A8694 #949186 #899486

monochromatic

#4E4B55 #6B6875 #8A8694 #A9A6B1 #C9C7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8694 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8A8694 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8694

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8694	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8694	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848894

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8694;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.021 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b3',
    500: '#8a8694',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8694;
$custom-light: #aca9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8694",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 6.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62812,
    "c": 0.02122,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8694

secondary

#BCBEB8

accent

#AF79A0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8694

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

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