#8A9596#8A9596

#8A9596 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.013 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9596
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -3.74, -1.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 4.19, 206.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0117 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.013 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7325, 29.0998, 33.0567)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9596 #968B8A

analogous

#8A9691 #8A9596 #8A8F96

triadic

#8A9596 #968A95 #95968A

tetradic

#8A9596 #918A96 #968B8A #8F968A

square

#8A9596 #918A96 #968B8A #8F968A

split-complementary

#8A9596 #968A8F #96918A

monochromatic

#4E5757 #6B7778 #8A9596 #AAB2B3 #CBCFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A9596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#8A9596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9596

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9596	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.013 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b4',
    500: '#8a9596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9596;
$custom-light: #acb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66125,
    "c": 0.01281,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9596

secondary

#C0BCBB

accent

#7E79AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9596

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

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