#8A908C#8A908C

#8A908C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A908C
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 140)
HSL	hsl(140, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(140, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -2.98, 1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 3.27, 155.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0084 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(25.1872, 27.2431, 28.7374)
Luminance	0.2724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A908C #908A8E

analogous

#8B908A #8A908C #8A908F

triadic

#8A908C #8C8A90 #908C8A

tetradic

#8A908C #8A8B90 #908A8E #908F8A

square

#8A908C #8A8B90 #908A8E #908F8A

split-complementary

#8A908C #8F8A90 #908A8B

monochromatic

#4E524F #6B716D #8A908C #A9AEAB #C9CCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#8A908C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#8A908C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A908C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A908C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A908C	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a908c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0ad',
    500: '#8a908c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a908c;
$custom-light: #acb0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a908c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 2.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64716,
    "c": 0.00911,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.27243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A908C

secondary

#BCBABB

accent

#7C9CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A908C

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

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