#8A8E9A#8A8E9A

#8A8E9A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.018 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E9A
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 154)
HSL	hsl(225, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(225, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 1.02, -6.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 6.93, 278.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% 0.0004 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.018 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9857, 27.0821, 34.4239)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E9A #9A968A

analogous

#8A969A #8A8E9A #8E8A9A

triadic

#8A8E9A #9A8A8E #8E9A8A

tetradic

#8A8E9A #9A8A96 #9A968A #8A9A8E

square

#8A8E9A #9A8A96 #9A968A #8A9A8E

split-complementary

#8A8E9A #9A8E8A #969A8A

monochromatic

#4F525B #6B6F7C #8A8E9A #ABAEB6 #CCCDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#8A8E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#8A8E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E9A

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E9A	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8F9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.018 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafb7',
    500: '#8a8e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e9a;
$custom-light: #acafb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64733,
    "c": 0.01841,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E9A

secondary

#C3C2BD

accent

#A277B0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E9A

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

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