#8A9492#8A9492

#8A9492 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.012 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9492
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 146)
HSL	hsl(168, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 1.4%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -4.00, -0.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 4.01, 182.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0119 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.012 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2584, 28.6581, 31.3367)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9492 #948A8C

analogous

#8A948D #8A9492 #8A9194

triadic

#8A9492 #928A94 #94928A

tetradic

#8A9492 #8D8A94 #948A8C #91948A

square

#8A9492 #8D8A94 #948A8C #91948A

split-complementary

#8A9492 #948A91 #948D8A

monochromatic

#4E5554 #6B7573 #8A9492 #AAB1B0 #CACECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8A9492 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8A9492 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9492

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9492	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9492	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919192

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9492;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.012 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3b1',
    500: '#8a9492',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9492;
$custom-light: #acb3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9492",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 4.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6578,
    "c": 0.01193,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9492

secondary

#BFBBBC

accent

#7A84AE

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F5

border

#CED0CF

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9492

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

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