#8A8D96#8A8D96

#8A8D96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.014 H 271.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D96
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 150)
HSL	hsl(225, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(225, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 6%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, 0.74, -5.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 5.21, 278.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.0003 -0.0138)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.014 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5100, 26.6549, 32.6492)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D96 #96938A

analogous

#8A9396 #8A8D96 #8D8A96

triadic

#8A8D96 #968A8D #8D968A

tetradic

#8A8D96 #968A93 #96938A #8A968D

square

#8A8D96 #968A93 #96938A #8A968D

split-complementary

#8A8D96 #968D8A #93968A

monochromatic

#4E5157 #6B6E78 #8A8D96 #AAACB3 #CBCCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8A8D96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#8A8D96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D96

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D96	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.014 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaeb4',
    500: '#8a8d96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d96;
$custom-light: #acaeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64381,
    "c": 0.01381,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D96

secondary

#C0BFBB

accent

#A179AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D96

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

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