#8A9290#8A9290

#8A9290 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.010 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9290
RGB	rgb(138, 146, 144)
HSL	hsl(165, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 5%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -3.29, 0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 3.30, 179.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0097 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.01 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7932, 27.9744, 30.4209)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9290 #928A8C

analogous

#8A928C #8A9290 #8A9092

triadic

#8A9290 #908A92 #92908A

tetradic

#8A9290 #8C8A92 #928A8C #90928A

square

#8A9290 #8C8A92 #928A8C #90928A

split-complementary

#8A9290 #928A90 #928C8A

monochromatic

#4E5452 #6B7371 #8A9290 #AAB0AE #C9CDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A9290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8A9290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9290

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9290	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909090

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 146, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.010 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb2b0',
    500: '#8a9290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9290;
$custom-light: #acb2b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 3.54,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65278,
    "c": 0.00974,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9290

secondary

#BEBABB

accent

#7B87AD

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F5F4

border

#CECFCE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9290

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

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