#8A968D#8A968D

#8A968D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.019 H 153.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A968D
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 141)
HSL	hsl(135, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(135, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 6%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -6.10, 3.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 6.92, 151.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.017 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.019 153.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1943, 29.1388, 29.4385)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A968D #968A93

analogous

#8D968A #8A968D #8A9693

triadic

#8A968D #8D8A96 #968D8A

tetradic

#8A968D #8A8D96 #968A93 #96938A

square

#8A968D #8A8D96 #968A93 #96938A

split-complementary

#8A968D #938A96 #968A8D

monochromatic

#4E5751 #6B786E #8A968D #AAB3AC #CBD0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8A968D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#8A968D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A968D

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A968D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A968D	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94928D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a968d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.019 153.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4ae',
    500: '#8a968d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a968d;
$custom-light: #acb4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a968d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 135,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66071,
    "c": 0.01905,
    "h": 153.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A968D

secondary

#C0BBBF

accent

#79A1AF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A968D

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

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