#8A8A99#8A8A99

#8A8A99 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.022 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A99
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, 3.08, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 8.53, 291.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.006 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.022 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3183, 25.8800, 33.7923)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A99 #99998A

analogous

#8A9299 #8A8A99 #928A99

triadic

#8A8A99 #998A8A #8A998A

tetradic

#8A8A99 #998A92 #99998A #8A9992

square

#8A8A99 #998A92 #99998A #8A9992

split-complementary

#8A8A99 #99928A #92998A

monochromatic

#4F4F5A #6B6B7B #8A8A99 #ABABB6 #CBCBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8A8A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#8A8A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A99

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A99	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878C9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.022 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb7',
    500: '#8a8a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a99;
$custom-light: #acacb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63839,
    "c": 0.02222,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A99

secondary

#C2C2BC

accent

#B078B0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A99

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

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