#8A9498#8A9498

#8A9498 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.013 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9498
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 152)
HSL	hsl(197, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(197, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 2.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -2.77, -3.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 4.34, 230.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0094 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.013 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7374, 28.8497, 33.8596)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9498 #988E8A

analogous

#8A9895 #8A9498 #8A8D98

triadic

#8A9498 #988A94 #94988A

tetradic

#8A9498 #958A98 #988E8A #8D988A

square

#8A9498 #958A98 #988E8A #8D988A

split-complementary

#8A9498 #988A8D #98958A

monochromatic

#4E5659 #6B767A #8A9498 #ABB2B5 #CBD0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A9498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#8A9498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9498

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9498	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.013 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3b6',
    500: '#8a9498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9498;
$custom-light: #acb3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6597,
    "c": 0.01304,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9498

secondary

#C2BEBC

accent

#8878AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9498

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

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