#8A8697#8A8697

#8A8697 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.026 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8697
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 151)
HSL	hsl(254, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(254, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 11.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, 4.94, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 9.85, 300.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0114 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.026 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5912, 24.6878, 32.7418)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8697 #939786

analogous

#868A97 #8A8697 #928697

triadic

#8A8697 #978A86 #86978A

tetradic

#8A8697 #97868A #939786 #869792

square

#8A8697 #97868A #939786 #869792

split-complementary

#8A8697 #979286 #8A9786

monochromatic

#4E4B57 #6B6778 #8A8697 #AAA7B3 #CAC8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A8697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A8697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8697

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8697	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838896

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.026 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b5',
    500: '#8a8697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8697;
$custom-light: #aca9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.118,
    "s": 7.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.02559,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8697

secondary

#BEC0B9

accent

#B177A3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8697

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

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