#8A8D98#8A8D98

#8A8D98 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.017 H 273.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D98
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 152)
HSL	hsl(227, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(227, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 7.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 1.16, -6.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 6.31, 280.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% 0.0011 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.017 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6724, 26.7198, 33.5046)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D98 #98958A

analogous

#8A9498 #8A8D98 #8E8A98

triadic

#8A8D98 #988A8D #8D988A

tetradic

#8A8D98 #988A94 #98958A #8A988E

square

#8A8D98 #988A94 #98958A #8A988E

split-complementary

#8A8D98 #988E8A #94988A

monochromatic

#4E5159 #6B6E7A #8A8D98 #ABADB5 #CBCCD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A8D98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#8A8D98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D98

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D98	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)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.017 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaeb6',
    500: '#8a8d98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d98;
$custom-light: #acaeb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.143,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64449,
    "c": 0.01669,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D98

secondary

#C2C1BC

accent

#A478AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D98

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

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