#8A8992#8A8992

#8A8992 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.013 H 291.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8992
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 146)
HSL	hsl(247, 4%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(247, 6%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 6.2%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, 2.18, -4.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 5.15, 295.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.0048 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.013 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6142, 25.3699, 30.7887)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8992 #919289

analogous

#898C92 #8A8992 #8E8992

triadic

#8A8992 #928A89 #89928A

tetradic

#8A8992 #92898C #919289 #89928E

square

#8A8992 #92898C #919289 #89928E

split-complementary

#8A8992 #928E89 #8C9289

monochromatic

#4E4D53 #6B6B73 #8A8992 #AAA9AF #C9C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A8992 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8A8992 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8992

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8992	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8992	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)

#878A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8992;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.013 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabb2',
    500: '#8a8992',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8992;
$custom-light: #acabb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8992",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.667,
    "s": 3.965,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63385,
    "c": 0.01335,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8992

secondary

#BDBDBA

accent

#AD7BA8

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8992

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

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