#8A8892#8A8892

#8A8892 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.015 H 295.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8892
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 146)
HSL	hsl(252, 4%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(252, 7%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 6.8%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 2.75, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 5.76, 298.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% 0.0064 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.015 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4727, 25.0869, 30.7415)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8892 #909288

analogous

#888B92 #8A8892 #8F8892

triadic

#8A8892 #928A88 #88928A

tetradic

#8A8892 #92888B #909288 #88928F

square

#8A8892 #92888B #909288 #88928F

split-complementary

#8A8892 #928F88 #8B9288

monochromatic

#4E4C53 #6B6A73 #8A8892 #A9A8AF #C9C8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A8892 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8A8892 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8892

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8892	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8892	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89898B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8892;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.015 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaab2',
    500: '#8a8892',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8892;
$custom-light: #acaab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8892",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 4.386,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63171,
    "c": 0.01496,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8892

secondary

#BCBDB9

accent

#AE7AA3

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8892

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

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