#8A8E95#8A8E95

#8A8E95 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.011 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E95
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 149)
HSL	hsl(218, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -0.03, -4.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 4.22, 269.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0016 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.011 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5780, 26.9190, 32.2763)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E95 #95918A

analogous

#8A9495 #8A8E95 #8C8A95

triadic

#8A8E95 #958A8E #8E958A

tetradic

#8A8E95 #958A94 #95918A #8A958C

square

#8A8E95 #958A94 #95918A #8A958C

split-complementary

#8A8E95 #958C8A #94958A

monochromatic

#4E5156 #6B6F76 #8A8E95 #AAADB2 #CACCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A8E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#8A8E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E95

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E95	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)

#8C8E95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.011 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafb4',
    500: '#8a8e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e95;
$custom-light: #acafb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 4.933,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64565,
    "c": 0.01141,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E95

secondary

#C0BEBB

accent

#9B7AAE

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E95

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

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