#8A8898#8A8898

#8A8898 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.024 H 291.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8898
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 152)
HSL	hsl(248, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(248, 11%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, 4.01, -8.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 9.17, 295.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0087 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.024 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9518, 25.2785, 33.2644)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8898 #969888

analogous

#888E98 #8A8898 #928898

triadic

#8A8898 #988A88 #88988A

tetradic

#8A8898 #98888E #969888 #889892

square

#8A8898 #98888E #969888 #889892

split-complementary

#8A8898 #989288 #8E9888

monochromatic

#4E4D59 #6B697A #8A8898 #AAA9B4 #CBCAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A8898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8A8898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8898

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8898	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858A99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.024 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaab6',
    500: '#8a8898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8898;
$custom-light: #acaab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 7.207,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63377,
    "c": 0.02381,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8898

secondary

#C0C1BB

accent

#B078A9

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8898

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

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