#8A8795#8A8795

#8A8795 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.021 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8795
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 149)
HSL	hsl(253, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(253, 9%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 9.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 3.94, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 8.09, 299.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.0091 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.021 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5690, 24.9011, 31.9400)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8795 #929587

analogous

#878B95 #8A8795 #918795

triadic

#8A8795 #958A87 #87958A

tetradic

#8A8795 #95878B #929587 #879591

square

#8A8795 #95878B #929587 #879591

split-complementary

#8A8795 #959187 #8B9587

monochromatic

#4E4C56 #6B6876 #8A8795 #AAA7B2 #C9C8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A8795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8795

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8795	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.021 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9b4',
    500: '#8a8795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8795;
$custom-light: #aca9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 6.195,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63059,
    "c": 0.021,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8795

secondary

#BEBFB9

accent

#AF79A4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8795

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

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