#8A9399#8A9399

#8A9399 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.014 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9399
RGB	rgb(138, 147, 153)
HSL	hsl(204, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 3.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -2.00, -4.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 4.72, 244.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0075 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.014 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6635, 28.5703, 34.2407)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9399 #99908A

analogous

#8A9998 #8A9399 #8A8C99

triadic

#8A9399 #998A93 #93998A

tetradic

#8A9399 #988A99 #99908A #8C998A

square

#8A9399 #988A99 #99908A #8C998A

split-complementary

#8A9399 #998A8C #99988A

monochromatic

#4F555A #6B747B #8A9399 #ABB1B6 #CBCFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A9399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#8A9399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9399

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9399	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 147, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.014 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb2b7',
    500: '#8a9399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9399;
$custom-light: #acb2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65784,
    "c": 0.01375,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9399

secondary

#C2BFBC

accent

#8E78B0

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F5F6

border

#CECFD0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9399

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

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