#8A8A94#8A8A94

#8A8A94 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.015 H 286.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A94
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 148)
HSL	hsl(240, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 2.02, -5.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 5.69, 290.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0041 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.015 286)
XYZ	xyz(24.9140, 25.7182, 31.6628)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A94 #94948A

analogous

#8A8F94 #8A8A94 #8F8A94

triadic

#8A8A94 #948A8A #8A948A

tetradic

#8A8A94 #948A8F #94948A #8A948F

square

#8A8A94 #948A8F #94948A #8A948F

split-complementary

#8A8A94 #948F8A #8F948A

monochromatic

#4E4E55 #6B6B75 #8A8A94 #AAAAB1 #CACACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A8A94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#8A8A94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A94

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A94	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)

#888B94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.015 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb3',
    500: '#8a8a94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a94;
$custom-light: #acacb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63667,
    "c": 0.0148,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.25718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A94

secondary

#BFBFBB

accent

#AE7AAE

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A94

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

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