#8A8A97#8A8A97

#8A8A97 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.019 H 285.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A97
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(240, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 2.65, -6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 7.39, 291.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0053 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.019 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1545, 25.8145, 32.9296)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A97 #97978A

analogous

#8A9197 #8A8A97 #918A97

triadic

#8A8A97 #978A8A #8A978A

tetradic

#8A8A97 #978A91 #97978A #8A9791

square

#8A8A97 #978A91 #97978A #8A9791

split-complementary

#8A8A97 #97918A #91978A

monochromatic

#4E4E58 #6B6B79 #8A8A97 #AAAAB4 #CBCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#8A8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A97

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A97	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)

#878B98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.019 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb5',
    500: '#8a8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a97;
$custom-light: #acacb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6377,
    "c": 0.01925,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A97

secondary

#C1C1BC

accent

#AF79AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A97

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

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