#8A8C98#8A8C98

#8A8C98 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.018 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C98
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 152)
HSL	hsl(231, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(231, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, 1.73, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 6.84, 284.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.23% 0.0026 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(64.23% 0.018 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5257, 26.4263, 33.4557)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C98 #98968A

analogous

#8A9398 #8A8C98 #8F8A98

triadic

#8A8C98 #988A8C #8C988A

tetradic

#8A8C98 #988A93 #98968A #8A988F

square

#8A8C98 #988A93 #98968A #8A988F

split-complementary

#8A8C98 #988F8A #93988A

monochromatic

#4E5059 #6B6D7A #8A8C98 #ABACB5 #CBCCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8A8C98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#8A8C98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C98

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C98	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.018 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadb6',
    500: '#8a8c98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c98;
$custom-light: #acadb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64234,
    "c": 0.01795,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C98

secondary

#C2C1BC

accent

#A878AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C98

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

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