#8A8A91#8A8A91

#8A8A91 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.010 H 286.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A91
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 145)
HSL	hsl(240, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(240, 5%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 4.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, 1.40, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 3.98, 290.64°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0029 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.01 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6796, 25.6245, 30.4284)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A91 #91918A

analogous

#8A8D91 #8A8A91 #8D8A91

triadic

#8A8A91 #918A8A #8A918A

tetradic

#8A8A91 #918A8D #91918A #8A918D

square

#8A8A91 #918A8D #91918A #8A918D

split-complementary

#8A8A91 #918D8A #8D918A

monochromatic

#4E4E53 #6B6B72 #8A8A91 #AAAAAF #C9C9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8A8A91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#8A8A91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A91

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A91	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)

#898B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.010 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb1',
    500: '#8a8a91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a91;
$custom-light: #acacb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 3.084,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63567,
    "c": 0.01035,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A91

secondary

#BDBDBA

accent

#AC7CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A91

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

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