#8A9599#8A9599

#8A9599 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.014 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9599
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(196, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -3.11, -3.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 4.66, 228.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0105 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.014 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9772, 29.1977, 34.3452)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9599 #998E8A

analogous

#8A9996 #8A9599 #8A8E99

triadic

#8A9599 #998A95 #95998A

tetradic

#8A9599 #968A99 #998E8A #8E998A

square

#8A9599 #968A99 #998E8A #8E998A

split-complementary

#8A9599 #998A8E #99968A

monochromatic

#4F575A #6B777B #8A9599 #ABB3B6 #CBD0D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#8A9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9599

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9599	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.014 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b7',
    500: '#8a9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9599;
$custom-light: #acb4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66221,
    "c": 0.01405,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9599

secondary

#C2BEBC

accent

#8778B0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9599

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

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