#8A8A95#8A8A95

#8A8A95 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.016 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A95
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 149)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(240, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 2.23, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 6.26, 290.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0045 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.016 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9935, 25.7500, 32.0815)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A95 #95958A

analogous

#8A9095 #8A8A95 #908A95

triadic

#8A8A95 #958A8A #8A958A

tetradic

#8A8A95 #958A90 #95958A #8A9590

square

#8A8A95 #958A90 #95958A #8A9590

split-complementary

#8A8A95 #95908A #90958A

monochromatic

#4E4E56 #6B6B76 #8A8A95 #AAAAB2 #CACACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A8A95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8A8A95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A95

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A95	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888B96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888C8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.016 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb4',
    500: '#8a8a95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a95;
$custom-light: #acacb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.933,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63701,
    "c": 0.01629,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A95

secondary

#C0C0BB

accent

#AE7AAE

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A95

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

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