#8A8993#8A8993

#8A8993 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.015 H 290.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8993
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 147)
HSL	hsl(246, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(246, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, 2.38, -5.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 5.71, 294.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0052 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.015 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.6924, 25.4011, 31.2001)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8993 #929389

analogous

#898D93 #8A8993 #8F8993

triadic

#8A8993 #938A89 #89938A

tetradic

#8A8993 #93898D #929389 #89938F

square

#8A8993 #93898D #929389 #89938F

split-complementary

#8A8993 #938F89 #8D9389

monochromatic

#4E4D54 #6B6A74 #8A8993 #AAA9B0 #C9C9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A8993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A8993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8993

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8993	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878A93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.015 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabb2',
    500: '#8a8993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8993;
$custom-light: #acabb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246,
    "s": 4.425,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63419,
    "c": 0.01483,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8993

secondary

#BEBEBA

accent

#AE7AA8

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8993

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

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