#8A9191#8A9191

#8A9191 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.008 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9191
RGB	rgb(138, 145, 145)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 0%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -2.54, -0.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 2.68, 199.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.09% -0.0078 -0.0024)
OKLCH	oklch(65.09% 0.008 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7165, 27.6982, 30.7740)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9191 #918A8A

analogous

#8A918D #8A9191 #8A8D91

triadic

#8A9191 #918A91 #91918A

tetradic

#8A9191 #8D8A91 #918A8A #8D918A

square

#8A9191 #8D8A91 #918A8A #8D918A

split-complementary

#8A9191 #918A8D #918D8A

monochromatic

#4E5353 #6B7272 #8A9191 #AAAFAF #C9CCCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A9191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8A9191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9191

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9191	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8F91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 145, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.008 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb1b1',
    500: '#8a9191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9191;
$custom-light: #acb1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.084,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65089,
    "c": 0.00816,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9191

secondary

#BDBABA

accent

#7C7CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F5F5

border

#CECFCF

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9191

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

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