#8A949B#8A949B

#8A949B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.016 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A949B
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 155)
HSL	hsl(205, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(205, 11%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 4.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -2.13, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 5.36, 246.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0082 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.016 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9862, 28.9493, 35.1700)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A949B #9B918A

analogous

#8A9B99 #8A949B #8A8C9B

triadic

#8A949B #9B8A94 #949B8A

tetradic

#8A949B #998A9B #9B918A #8C9B8A

square

#8A949B #998A9B #9B918A #8C9B8A

split-complementary

#8A949B #9B8A8C #9B998A

monochromatic

#4F565C #6B767D #8A949B #ABB2B7 #CCD0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A949B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A949B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A949B

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A949B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A949B	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F929B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a949b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.016 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb3b8',
    500: '#8a949b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a949b;
$custom-light: #acb3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a949b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 7.834,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66068,
    "c": 0.01558,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A949B

secondary

#C4C0BD

accent

#8F77B1

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A949B

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

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