#8A8E94#8A8E94

#8A8E94 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.010 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E94
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 148)
HSL	hsl(216, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(216, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 4.1%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -0.24, -3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 3.70, 266.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.002 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.01 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4985, 26.8872, 31.8576)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E94 #94908A

analogous

#8A9394 #8A8E94 #8B8A94

triadic

#8A8E94 #948A8E #8E948A

tetradic

#8A8E94 #948A93 #94908A #8A948B

square

#8A8E94 #948A93 #94908A #8A948B

split-complementary

#8A8E94 #948B8A #93948A

monochromatic

#4E5155 #6B6F75 #8A8E94 #AAADB1 #CACCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A8E94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#8A8E94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E94

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E94	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8E94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8D94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.010 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafb3',
    500: '#8a8e94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e94;
$custom-light: #acafb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 4.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64532,
    "c": 0.01008,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E94

secondary

#BFBDBB

accent

#997AAE

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E94

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

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