#8A8897#8A8897

#8A8897 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.022 H 291.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8897
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 151)
HSL	hsl(248, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(248, 10%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 9.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 3.79, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 8.60, 296.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0.0083 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.022 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8702, 25.2459, 32.8349)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8897 #959788

analogous

#888E97 #8A8897 #928897

triadic

#8A8897 #978A88 #88978A

tetradic

#8A8897 #97888E #959788 #889792

square

#8A8897 #97888E #959788 #889792

split-complementary

#8A8897 #979288 #8E9788

monochromatic

#4E4D58 #6B6978 #8A8897 #AAA9B4 #CAC9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A8897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8A8897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8897

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8897	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.022 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaab5',
    500: '#8a8897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8897;
$custom-light: #acaab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248,
    "s": 6.726,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63342,
    "c": 0.02233,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8897

secondary

#C0C0BA

accent

#B078A8

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8897

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

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