#8A9591#8A9591

#8A9591 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.014 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9591
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 145)
HSL	hsl(158, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 2.7%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -4.76, 0.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 4.82, 171.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.97% -0.0138 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(65.97% 0.014 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3385, 28.9422, 30.9814)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9591 #958A8E

analogous

#8A958C #8A9591 #8A9495

triadic

#8A9591 #918A95 #95918A

tetradic

#8A9591 #8C8A95 #958A8E #94958A

square

#8A9591 #8C8A95 #958A8E #94958A

split-complementary

#8A9591 #958A94 #958C8A

monochromatic

#4E5653 #6B7672 #8A9591 #AAB2AF #CACFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A9591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9591

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9591	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)

#949391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929291

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.014 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b1',
    500: '#8a9591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9591;
$custom-light: #acb4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 4.933,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65969,
    "c": 0.01396,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9591

secondary

#C0BBBD

accent

#7A8DAE

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F5

border

#CED0CF

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9591

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

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