#8A9094#8A9094

#8A9094 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.009 H 236.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9094
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 148)
HSL	hsl(204, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(204, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 2.7%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -1.36, -2.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 3.18, 244.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.97% -0.0051 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(64.97% 0.009 236.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7987, 27.4877, 31.9577)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9094 #948E8A

analogous

#8A9493 #8A9094 #8A8B94

triadic

#8A9094 #948A90 #90948A

tetradic

#8A9094 #938A94 #948E8A #8B948A

square

#8A9094 #938A94 #948E8A #8B948A

split-complementary

#8A9094 #948A8B #94938A

monochromatic

#4E5355 #6B7175 #8A9094 #AAAEB1 #CACDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#8A9094 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#8A9094 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9094

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9094	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9094	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8F94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9094;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.009 236.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0b3',
    500: '#8a9094',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9094;
$custom-light: #acb0b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9094",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 4.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64967,
    "c": 0.00922,
    "h": 236.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9094

secondary

#BFBCBB

accent

#8F7AAE

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9094

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

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