#8A899A#8A899A

#8A899A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.025 H 288.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A899A
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 154)
HSL	hsl(244, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(244, 11%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 11%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 3.87, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 9.69, 293.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% 0.0079 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.025 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2584, 25.6275, 34.1815)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A899A #999A89

analogous

#89919A #8A899A #93899A

triadic

#8A899A #9A8A89 #899A8A

tetradic

#8A899A #9A8991 #999A89 #899A93

square

#8A899A #9A8991 #999A89 #899A93

split-complementary

#8A899A #9A9389 #919A89

monochromatic

#4F4E5B #6B6A7C #8A899A #ABAAB6 #CBCBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8A899A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8A899A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A899A

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A899A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A899A	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858B9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a899a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.025 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acabb7',
    500: '#8a899a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a899a;
$custom-light: #acabb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a899a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.529,
    "s": 7.763,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63661,
    "c": 0.02521,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A899A

secondary

#C2C3BC

accent

#B177AD

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A899A

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

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