#8A9688#8A9688

#8A9688 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.025 H 141.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9688
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 136)
HSL	hsl(111, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(111, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 9.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -7.06, 5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 9.21, 140.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0192 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.025 141.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8307, 28.9933, 27.5232)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9688 #948896

analogous

#919688 #8A9688 #88968D

triadic

#8A9688 #888A96 #96888A

tetradic

#8A9688 #889196 #948896 #968D88

square

#8A9688 #889196 #948896 #968D88

split-complementary

#8A9688 #8D8896 #968891

monochromatic

#4E574D #6B7769 #8A9688 #AAB3A9 #CACFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8A9688 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9688

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9688	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)

#979387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.025 141.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4aa',
    500: '#8a9688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9688;
$custom-light: #acb4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 111.429,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65927,
    "c": 0.02461,
    "h": 141.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9688

secondary

#BFBAC0

accent

#78AFA8

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9688

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

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