#8A9694#8A9694

#8A9694 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.014 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9694
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 148)
HSL	hsl(170, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 1.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -4.70, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 4.72, 185.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0141 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.014 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7317, 29.3537, 32.2687)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9694 #968A8C

analogous

#8A968E #8A9694 #8A9296

triadic

#8A9694 #948A96 #96948A

tetradic

#8A9694 #8E8A96 #968A8C #92968A

square

#8A9694 #8E8A96 #968A8C #92968A

split-complementary

#8A9694 #968A92 #968E8A

monochromatic

#4E5756 #6B7875 #8A9694 #AAB3B1 #CBD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A9694 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8A9694 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9694

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9694	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9694	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9694;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.014 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b3',
    500: '#8a9694',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9694;
$custom-light: #acb4b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9694",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66282,
    "c": 0.01412,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9694

secondary

#C0BBBC

accent

#7982AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9694

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

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