#8A8889#8A8889

#8A8889 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.003 H 345.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8889
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 137)
HSL	hsl(330, 1%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(330, 1%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 0.94, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 0.97, 343.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0027 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.003 345.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8000, 24.8178, 27.1985)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8889 #888A89

analogous

#8A888A #8A8889 #8A8888

triadic

#8A8889 #898A88 #88898A

tetradic

#8A8889 #8A8A88 #888A89 #88888A

square

#8A8889 #8A8A88 #888A89 #88888A

split-complementary

#8A8889 #888A88 #888A8A

monochromatic

#4C4B4C #6B696A #8A8889 #A8A7A8 #C7C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A8889 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8889

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8889	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.003 345.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaab',
    500: '#8a8889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8889;
$custom-light: #acaaab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 0.847,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62878,
    "c": 0.00279,
    "h": 345.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8889

secondary

#B6B7B7

accent

#AA947E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8889

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

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