#8A9496#8A9496

#8A9496 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.012 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9496
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(190, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(190, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -3.18, -2.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 3.93, 215.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0103 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.012 211)
XYZ	xyz(26.5750, 28.7848, 33.0042)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9496 #968C8A

analogous

#8A9692 #8A9496 #8A8E96

triadic

#8A9496 #968A94 #94968A

tetradic

#8A9496 #928A96 #968C8A #8E968A

square

#8A9496 #928A96 #968C8A #8E968A

split-complementary

#8A9496 #968A8E #96928A

monochromatic

#4E5657 #6B7578 #8A9496 #AAB1B3 #CBCFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8A9496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#8A9496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9496

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9496	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909196

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.012 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3b4',
    500: '#8a9496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9496;
$custom-light: #acb3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65905,
    "c": 0.01197,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.28785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9496

secondary

#C0BCBB

accent

#8279AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9496

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

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