#8A9099#8A9099

#8A9099 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.015 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9099
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 153)
HSL	hsl(216, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(216, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 5.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -0.32, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 5.52, 266.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.13% -0.0031 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(65.13% 0.015 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2030, 27.6494, 34.0872)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9099 #99938A

analogous

#8A9899 #8A9099 #8C8A99

triadic

#8A9099 #998A90 #90998A

tetradic

#8A9099 #998A98 #99938A #8A998C

square

#8A9099 #998A98 #99938A #8A998C

split-complementary

#8A9099 #998C8A #98998A

monochromatic

#4F535A #6B717B #8A9099 #ABAFB6 #CBCED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A9099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A9099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9099

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9099	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.015 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb0b7',
    500: '#8a9099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9099;
$custom-light: #acb0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65132,
    "c": 0.0151,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9099

secondary

#C2C0BC

accent

#9A78B0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9099

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

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