#8A9686#8A9686

#8A9686 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.027 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9686
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 134)
HSL	hsl(105, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(105, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 10.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -7.44, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 10.20, 136.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.02 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.027 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6899, 28.9370, 26.7816)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9686 #928696

analogous

#929686 #8A9686 #86968A

triadic

#8A9686 #868A96 #96868A

tetradic

#8A9686 #869296 #928696 #968A86

square

#8A9686 #869296 #928696 #968A86

split-complementary

#8A9686 #8A8696 #968692

monochromatic

#4E574B #6B7768 #8A9686 #AAB2A7 #C9CFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A9686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9686

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9686	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)

#979385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.027 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4a9',
    500: '#8a9686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9686;
$custom-light: #acb4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65871,
    "c": 0.02704,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9686

secondary

#BEB9BF

accent

#78B0A2

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9686

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

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