#8A8893#8A8893

#8A8893 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.016 H 294.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8893
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 147)
HSL	hsl(251, 5%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(251, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 7.5%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 2.95, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 6.33, 297.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.0068 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.016 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5509, 25.1181, 31.1530)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8893 #919388

analogous

#888B93 #8A8893 #8F8893

triadic

#8A8893 #938A88 #88938A

tetradic

#8A8893 #93888B #919388 #88938F

square

#8A8893 #93888B #919388 #88938F

split-complementary

#8A8893 #938F88 #8B9388

monochromatic

#4E4C54 #6B6A74 #8A8893 #AAA8B0 #C9C8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A8893 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8A8893 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8893

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8893	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8893	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)

#868994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8893;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.016 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaab2',
    500: '#8a8893',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8893;
$custom-light: #acaab2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8893",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.909,
    "s": 4.846,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63204,
    "c": 0.01642,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8893

secondary

#BDBEB9

accent

#AE7AA5

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8893

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

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