#8A897D#8A897D

#8A897D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.018 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A897D
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 125)
HSL	hsl(55, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -1.88, 6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 6.83, 105.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.004 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.018 103)
XYZ	xyz(23.1281, 24.7754, 22.9618)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A897D #7D7E8A

analogous

#8A837D #8A897D #858A7D

triadic

#8A897D #7D8A89 #897D8A

tetradic

#8A897D #7D8A83 #7D7E8A #8A7D85

square

#8A897D #7D8A83 #7D7E8A #8A7D85

split-complementary

#8A897D #7D858A #837D8A

monochromatic

#4A4943 #6A6960 #8A897D #A7A69D #C4C3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A897D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A897D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A897D

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A897D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A897D	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B887C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C897D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a897d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.018 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaba2',
    500: '#8a897d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a897d;
$custom-light: #acaba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a897d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6274,
    "c": 0.0176,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.24775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A897D

secondary

#AFAFB4

accent

#7DAE79

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A897D

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

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