#8A8891#8A8891

#8A8891 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.013 H 296.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8891
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 145)
HSL	hsl(253, 4%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(253, 6%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 6.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, 2.54, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 5.20, 299.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% 0.006 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.014 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3953, 25.0559, 30.3336)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8891 #8F9188

analogous

#888B91 #8A8891 #8E8891

triadic

#8A8891 #918A88 #88918A

tetradic

#8A8891 #91888B #8F9188 #88918E

square

#8A8891 #91888B #8F9188 #88918E

split-complementary

#8A8891 #918E88 #8B9188

monochromatic

#4E4C52 #6C6A72 #8A8891 #A9A8AE #C9C8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A8891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8A8891 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8891

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8891	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878991

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.013 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaab1',
    500: '#8a8891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8891;
$custom-light: #acaab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.333,
    "s": 3.93,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63137,
    "c": 0.0135,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8891

secondary

#BBBCB9

accent

#AD7BA2

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8891

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

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