#8A898D#8A898D

#8A898D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.006 H 297.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A898D
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(255, 3%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 1.16, -2.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 2.32, 300.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.0028 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.006 297.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2338, 25.2177, 28.7849)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A898D #8C8D89

analogous

#898A8D #8A898D #8C898D

triadic

#8A898D #8D8A89 #898D8A

tetradic

#8A898D #8D898A #8C8D89 #898D8C

square

#8A898D #8D898A #8C8D89 #898D8C

split-complementary

#8A898D #8D8C89 #8A8D89

monochromatic

#4D4C4F #6B6B6E #8A898D #A9A8AB #C8C7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A898D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8A898D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A898D

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A898D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A898D	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	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)

#888A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a898d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.006 297.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabae',
    500: '#8a898d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a898d;
$custom-light: #acabae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a898d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 1.724,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63221,
    "c": 0.00601,
    "h": 297.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A898D

secondary

#B9BAB8

accent

#AB7D9F

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A898D

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

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