#8A9488#8A9488

#8A9488 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.021 H 140.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9488
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 136)
HSL	hsl(110, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(110, 8%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 8.1%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.21, -5.96, 5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.21, 7.85, 139.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0162 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.021 140.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5143, 28.3605, 27.4177)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9488 #928894

analogous

#909488 #8A9488 #88948C

triadic

#8A9488 #888A94 #94888A

tetradic

#8A9488 #889094 #928894 #948C88

square

#8A9488 #889094 #928894 #948C88

split-complementary

#8A9488 #8C8894 #948890

monochromatic

#4E554D #6B7569 #8A9488 #AAB1A8 #C9CEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A9488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8A9488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9488

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9488	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.021 140.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3aa',
    500: '#8a9488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9488;
$custom-light: #acb3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 110,
    "s": 5.31,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65482,
    "c": 0.02095,
    "h": 140.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9488

secondary

#BEB9BE

accent

#79AEA6

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9488

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

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