#8A8899#8A8899

#8A8899 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.025 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8899
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 153)
HSL	hsl(247, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(247, 11%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 11.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 4.22, -8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 9.73, 295.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% 0.0091 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.025 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0340, 25.3114, 33.6975)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8899 #979988

analogous

#888F99 #8A8899 #938899

triadic

#8A8899 #998A88 #88998A

tetradic

#8A8899 #99888F #979988 #889993

square

#8A8899 #99888F #979988 #889993

split-complementary

#8A8899 #999388 #8F9988

monochromatic

#4E4D5A #6B697B #8A8899 #AAA9B5 #CBCAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A8899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8A8899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8899

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8899	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#848A9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.025 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaab7',
    500: '#8a8899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8899;
$custom-light: #acaab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.059,
    "s": 7.692,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63413,
    "c": 0.02529,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8899

secondary

#C1C2BB

accent

#B177AA

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8899

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

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