#8A9494#8A9494

#8A9494 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.012 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9494
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 148)
HSL	hsl(180, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.53, -3.60, -1.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.53, 3.80, 199.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0111 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.012 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4153, 28.7209, 32.1632)
Luminance	0.2872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9494 #948A8A

analogous

#8A948F #8A9494 #8A8F94

triadic

#8A9494 #948A94 #94948A

tetradic

#8A9494 #8F8A94 #948A8A #8F948A

square

#8A9494 #8F8A94 #948A8A #8F948A

split-complementary

#8A9494 #948A8F #948F8A

monochromatic

#4E5555 #6B7575 #8A9494 #AAB1B1 #CACECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8A9494 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#8A9494 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9494

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9494	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9494	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909194

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9494;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.012 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3b3',
    500: '#8a9494',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9494;
$custom-light: #acb3b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9494",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65842,
    "c": 0.01158,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9494

secondary

#BFBBBB

accent

#7A7AAE

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9494

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

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