#8A8A98#8A8A98

#8A8A98 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.021 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A98
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(240, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 2.87, -7.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 7.96, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0056 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.021 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2361, 25.8471, 33.3591)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A98 #98988A

analogous

#8A9198 #8A8A98 #918A98

triadic

#8A8A98 #988A8A #8A988A

tetradic

#8A8A98 #988A91 #98988A #8A9891

square

#8A8A98 #988A91 #98988A #8A9891

split-complementary

#8A8A98 #98918A #91988A

monochromatic

#4E4E59 #6B6B7A #8A8A98 #ABABB5 #CBCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8A8A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8A8A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A98

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A98	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878B99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.021 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb6',
    500: '#8a8a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a98;
$custom-light: #acacb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63805,
    "c": 0.02074,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A98

secondary

#C2C2BC

accent

#AF78AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A98

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

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