#8A8A9A#8A8A9A

#8A8A9A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.024 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A9A
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 154)
HSL	hsl(240, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 3.29, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 9.10, 291.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0064 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.024 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4013, 25.9132, 34.2291)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A9A #9A9A8A

analogous

#8A929A #8A8A9A #928A9A

triadic

#8A8A9A #9A8A8A #8A9A8A

tetradic

#8A8A9A #9A8A92 #9A9A8A #8A9A92

square

#8A8A9A #9A8A92 #9A9A8A #8A9A92

split-complementary

#8A8A9A #9A928A #929A8A

monochromatic

#4F4F5B #6B6B7C #8A8A9A #ABABB6 #CCCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8A8A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#8A8A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A9A

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A9A	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)

#868C9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.024 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb7',
    500: '#8a8a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a9a;
$custom-light: #acacb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63875,
    "c": 0.02372,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A9A

secondary

#C3C3BD

accent

#B077B0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A9A

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

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