#8A8A90#8A8A90

#8A8A90 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.009 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A90
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 144)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 1.20, -3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 3.41, 290.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.0025 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.009 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6028, 25.5938, 30.0241)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A90 #90908A

analogous

#8A8D90 #8A8A90 #8D8A90

triadic

#8A8A90 #908A8A #8A908A

tetradic

#8A8A90 #908A8D #90908A #8A908D

square

#8A8A90 #908A8D #90908A #8A908D

split-complementary

#8A8A90 #908D8A #8D908A

monochromatic

#4E4E52 #6B6B71 #8A8A90 #A9A9AE #C9C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8A8A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#8A8A90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A90

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A90	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.009 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb0',
    500: '#8a8a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a90;
$custom-light: #acacb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63535,
    "c": 0.00887,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A90

secondary

#BCBCBA

accent

#AC7CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A90

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

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