#8A8A9B#8A8A9B

#8A8A9B is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.025 H 285.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A9B
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(240, 11%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 3.51, -9.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 9.67, 291.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0068 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.025 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4849, 25.9466, 34.6696)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A9B #9B9B8A

analogous

#8A939B #8A8A9B #938A9B

triadic

#8A8A9B #9B8A8A #8A9B8A

tetradic

#8A8A9B #9B8A93 #9B9B8A #8A9B93

square

#8A8A9B #9B8A93 #9B9B8A #8A9B93

split-complementary

#8A8A9B #9B938A #939B8A

monochromatic

#4F4F5C #6B6B7D #8A8A9B #ABABB7 #CCCCD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#8A8A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#8A8A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A9B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A9B	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.025 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacb8',
    500: '#8a8a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a9b;
$custom-light: #acacb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 7.834,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6391,
    "c": 0.0252,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A9B

secondary

#C4C4BD

accent

#B177B1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A9B

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

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