#8A8991#8A8991

#8A8991 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.012 H 291.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8991
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 145)
HSL	hsl(248, 4%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(248, 6%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 5.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 1.97, -4.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 4.58, 295.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% 0.0044 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.012 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5368, 25.3389, 30.3808)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8991 #909189

analogous

#898C91 #8A8991 #8E8991

triadic

#8A8991 #918A89 #89918A

tetradic

#8A8991 #91898C #909189 #89918E

square

#8A8991 #91898C #909189 #89918E

split-complementary

#8A8991 #918E89 #8C9189

monochromatic

#4E4D53 #6B6B72 #8A8991 #A9A9AF #C9C8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A8991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8A8991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8991

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8991	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.012 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabb1',
    500: '#8a8991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8991;
$custom-light: #acabb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 247.5,
    "s": 3.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63352,
    "c": 0.01187,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8991

secondary

#BCBDB9

accent

#AD7BA7

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8991

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

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