#8A9593#8A9593

#8A9593 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.013 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9593
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 147)
HSL	hsl(169, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 1.3%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -4.35, -0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 4.37, 184.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.013 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.013 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4940, 29.0044, 31.8007)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9593 #958A8C

analogous

#8A958E #8A9593 #8A9295

triadic

#8A9593 #938A95 #95938A

tetradic

#8A9593 #8E8A95 #958A8C #92958A

square

#8A9593 #8E8A95 #958A8C #92958A

split-complementary

#8A9593 #958A92 #958E8A

monochromatic

#4E5655 #6B7674 #8A9593 #AAB2B1 #CACFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9593 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8A9593 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9593

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9593	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9593	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949493

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9593;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.013 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b2',
    500: '#8a9593',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9593;
$custom-light: #acb4b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9593",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 4.933,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66031,
    "c": 0.01303,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9593

secondary

#C0BBBC

accent

#7A83AE

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F5

border

#CED0CF

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9593

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

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