#8A949A#8A949A

#8A949A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.015 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A949A
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 154)
HSL	hsl(203, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(203, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -2.35, -4.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 4.98, 241.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0086 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.015 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9026, 28.9158, 34.7295)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A949A #9A908A

analogous

#8A9A98 #8A949A #8A8C9A

triadic

#8A949A #9A8A94 #949A8A

tetradic

#8A949A #988A9A #9A908A #8C9A8A

square

#8A949A #988A9A #9A908A #8C9A8A

split-complementary

#8A949A #9A8A8C #9A988A

monochromatic

#4F565B #6B767C #8A949A #ABB2B6 #CCD0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#8A949A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#8A949A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A949A

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A949A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A949A	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a949a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.015 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3b7',
    500: '#8a949a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a949a;
$custom-light: #acb3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a949a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66035,
    "c": 0.01464,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A949A

secondary

#C3BFBD

accent

#8D77B0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A949A

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

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