#8A9490#8A9490

#8A9490 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.013 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9490
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 144)
HSL	hsl(156, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 2.7%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -4.40, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 4.49, 168.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0128 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.013 170)
XYZ	xyz(26.1042, 28.5964, 30.5245)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9490 #948A8E

analogous

#8A948B #8A9490 #8A9394

triadic

#8A9490 #908A94 #94908A

tetradic

#8A9490 #8B8A94 #948A8E #93948A

square

#8A9490 #8B8A94 #948A8E #93948A

split-complementary

#8A9490 #948A93 #948B8A

monochromatic

#4E5553 #6B7571 #8A9490 #AAB1AE #CACECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8A9490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8A9490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9490

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9490	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919190

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.013 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3b0',
    500: '#8a9490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9490;
$custom-light: #acb3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 4.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65718,
    "c": 0.01296,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.28597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9490

secondary

#BFBBBC

accent

#7A8FAE

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9490

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

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