#8A8A93#8A8A93

#8A8A93 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.013 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A93
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 147)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(240, 6%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 42.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 1.82, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 5.12, 290.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% 0.0037 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.013 286)
XYZ	xyz(24.8352, 25.6867, 31.2477)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A93 #93938A

analogous

#8A8E93 #8A8A93 #8E8A93

triadic

#8A8A93 #938A8A #8A938A

tetradic

#8A8A93 #938A8E #93938A #8A938E

square

#8A8A93 #938A8E #93938A #8A938E

split-complementary

#8A8A93 #938E8A #8E938A

monochromatic

#4E4E55 #6B6B74 #8A8A93 #AAAAB0 #CACACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A8A93 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#8A8A93 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A93

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A93	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A93	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888B93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a93;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.013 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb2',
    500: '#8a8a93',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a93;
$custom-light: #acacb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a93",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63634,
    "c": 0.01332,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.25687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A93

secondary

#BEBEBB

accent

#AD7BAD

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A93

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

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