#8A968E#8A968E

#8A968E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.018 H 156.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A968E
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 142)
HSL	hsl(140, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(140, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 5.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.93, -5.90, 2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.93, 6.51, 155.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.0166 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.018 156.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2691, 29.1687, 29.8321)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A968E #968A92

analogous

#8C968A #8A968E #8A9694

triadic

#8A968E #8E8A96 #968E8A

tetradic

#8A968E #8A8C96 #968A92 #96948A

square

#8A968E #8A8C96 #968A92 #96948A

split-complementary

#8A968E #948A96 #968A8C

monochromatic

#4E5751 #6B786F #8A968E #AAB3AD #CBD0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A968E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#8A968E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A968E

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A968E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A968E	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	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)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94928E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a968e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.018 156.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4af',
    500: '#8a968e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a968e;
$custom-light: #acb4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a968e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.661,
    "c": 0.01807,
    "h": 156.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A968E

secondary

#C0BBBF

accent

#799DAF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A968E

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

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