#8A8895#8A8895

#8A8895 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.019 H 292.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8895
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 149)
HSL	hsl(249, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(249, 9%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 3.37, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 7.46, 296.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0075 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.019 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7092, 25.1814, 31.9867)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8895 #939588

analogous

#888C95 #8A8895 #908895

triadic

#8A8895 #958A88 #88958A

tetradic

#8A8895 #95888C #939588 #889590

square

#8A8895 #95888C #939588 #889590

split-complementary

#8A8895 #959088 #8C9588

monochromatic

#4E4D56 #6B6976 #8A8895 #AAA8B2 #CAC9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8A8895 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8A8895 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8895

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8895	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8895	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8895;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.019 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaab4',
    500: '#8a8895',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8895;
$custom-light: #acaab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8895",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 5.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.01937,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8895

secondary

#BEBFBA

accent

#AF79A7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8895

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

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