#8A8D97#8A8D97

#8A8D97 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.015 H 272.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D97
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 151)
HSL	hsl(226, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(226, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 0.95, -5.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 5.76, 279.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0007 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.015 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5909, 26.6872, 33.0751)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D97 #97948A

analogous

#8A9497 #8A8D97 #8E8A97

triadic

#8A8D97 #978A8D #8D978A

tetradic

#8A8D97 #978A94 #97948A #8A978E

square

#8A8D97 #978A94 #97948A #8A978E

split-complementary

#8A8D97 #978E8A #94978A

monochromatic

#4E5158 #6B6E79 #8A8D97 #AAADB4 #CBCCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A8D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#8A8D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D97

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D97	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.015 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaeb5',
    500: '#8a8d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d97;
$custom-light: #acaeb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64415,
    "c": 0.01525,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D97

secondary

#C1C0BC

accent

#A279AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D97

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

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