#8A8A89#8A8A89

#8A8A89 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.001 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A89
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(60, 0%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -0.20, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 0.57, 110.13°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0004 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.001 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0843, 25.3864, 27.2933)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A89 #89898A

analogous

#8A8A89 #8A8A89 #8A8A89

triadic

#8A8A89 #898A8A #8A898A

tetradic

#8A8A89 #898A8A #89898A #8A898A

square

#8A8A89 #898A8A #89898A #8A898A

split-complementary

#8A8A89 #898A8A #8A898A

monochromatic

#4D4D4C #6B6B6A #8A8A89 #A8A8A8 #C7C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A89

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A89	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	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)

#8A8A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.001 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacab',
    500: '#8a8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a89;
$custom-light: #acacab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 0.426,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63312,
    "c": 0.00147,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A89

secondary

#B7B7B8

accent

#7EAA7E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A89

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

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