#8A8790#8A8790

#8A8790 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.014 H 301.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8790
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 144)
HSL	hsl(260, 4%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(260, 6%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 6.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 2.91, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 5.28, 303.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.0071 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.014 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1784, 24.7448, 29.8826)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8790 #8D9087

analogous

#878990 #8A8790 #8F8790

triadic

#8A8790 #908A87 #87908A

tetradic

#8A8790 #908789 #8D9087 #87908F

square

#8A8790 #908789 #8D9087 #87908F

split-complementary

#8A8790 #908F87 #899087

monochromatic

#4D4B51 #6B6971 #8A8790 #A9A7AD #C8C7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A8790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8A8790 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8790

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8790	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.014 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b0',
    500: '#8a8790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8790;
$custom-light: #aca9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 3.896,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62889,
    "c": 0.01374,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8790

secondary

#BABBB8

accent

#AD7B9C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8790

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

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