#8A8D89#8A8D89

#8A8D89 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.007 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D89
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 137)
HSL	hsl(105, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(105, 3%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -1.88, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 2.57, 137.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0051 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.007 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.5207, 26.2591, 27.4388)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D89 #8C898D

analogous

#8C8D89 #8A8D89 #898D8A

triadic

#8A8D89 #898A8D #8D898A

tetradic

#8A8D89 #898C8D #8C898D #8D8A89

square

#8A8D89 #898C8D #8C898D #8D8A89

split-complementary

#8A8D89 #8A898D #8D898C

monochromatic

#4D4F4C #6B6E6B #8A8D89 #A9ABA8 #C8C9C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8A8D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#8A8D89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D89

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D89	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.007 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaeab',
    500: '#8a8d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d89;
$custom-light: #acaeab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 1.724,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63967,
    "c": 0.00683,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D89

secondary

#B9B8BA

accent

#7DAB9F

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D89

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

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