#8A8D91#8A8D91

#8A8D91 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.007 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D91
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 145)
HSL	hsl(214, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(214, 5%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -0.29, -2.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 2.52, 263.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0017 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.007 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1160, 26.4972, 30.5739)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D91 #918E8A

analogous

#8A9091 #8A8D91 #8A8A91

triadic

#8A8D91 #918A8D #8D918A

tetradic

#8A8D91 #918A90 #918E8A #8A918A

square

#8A8D91 #918A90 #918E8A #8A918A

split-complementary

#8A8D91 #918A8A #90918A

monochromatic

#4E5053 #6B6E72 #8A8D91 #AAACAF #C9CACC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#8A8D91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#8A8D91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D91

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D91	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8C91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.007 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaeb1',
    500: '#8a8d91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d91;
$custom-light: #acaeb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 3.084,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64217,
    "c": 0.00692,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D91

secondary

#BDBCBA

accent

#977CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D91

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

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