#8A8A96#8A8A96

#8A8A96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.018 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A96
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(240, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, 2.44, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 6.83, 290.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.0049 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.018 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0737, 25.7821, 32.5037)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A96 #96968A

analogous

#8A9096 #8A8A96 #908A96

triadic

#8A8A96 #968A8A #8A968A

tetradic

#8A8A96 #968A90 #96968A #8A9690

square

#8A8A96 #968A90 #96968A #8A9690

split-complementary

#8A8A96 #96908A #90968A

monochromatic

#4E4E57 #6B6B78 #8A8A96 #AAAAB3 #CBCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#8A8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A96

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A96	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.018 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb4',
    500: '#8a8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a96;
$custom-light: #acacb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63735,
    "c": 0.01777,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A96

secondary

#C0C0BB

accent

#AF79AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A96

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

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