#8A8E96#8A8E96

#8A8E96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.013 H 264.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E96
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(220, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(220, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, 0.18, -4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 4.75, 272.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0012 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.013 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6581, 26.9511, 32.6986)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E96 #96928A

analogous

#8A9496 #8A8E96 #8C8A96

triadic

#8A8E96 #968A8E #8E968A

tetradic

#8A8E96 #968A94 #96928A #8A968C

square

#8A8E96 #968A94 #96928A #8A968C

split-complementary

#8A8E96 #968C8A #94968A

monochromatic

#4E5157 #6B6F78 #8A8E96 #AAADB3 #CBCCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A8E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#8A8E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E96

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E96	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.013 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafb4',
    500: '#8a8e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e96;
$custom-light: #acafb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64598,
    "c": 0.01277,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E96

secondary

#C0BFBB

accent

#9D79AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E96

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

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