#8A8696#8A8696

#8A8696 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.024 H 297.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8696
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 150)
HSL	hsl(255, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(255, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 10.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 4.73, -8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 9.29, 300.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.011 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.024 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5103, 24.6554, 32.3160)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8696 #929686

analogous

#868A96 #8A8696 #928696

triadic

#8A8696 #968A86 #86968A

tetradic

#8A8696 #96868A #929686 #869692

square

#8A8696 #96868A #929686 #869692

split-complementary

#8A8696 #969286 #8A9686

monochromatic

#4E4B57 #6B6877 #8A8696 #AAA7B2 #C9C8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A8696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8A8696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8696

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8696	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.024 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b4',
    500: '#8a8696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8696;
$custom-light: #aca9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62882,
    "c": 0.02413,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8696

secondary

#BEBFB9

accent

#B078A2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8696

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

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