#8A9696#8A9696

#8A9696 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.014 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9696
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8%, 0%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -4.29, -1.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 4.54, 198.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0132 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.014 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8914, 29.4176, 33.1096)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9696 #968A8A

analogous

#8A9690 #8A9696 #8A9096

triadic

#8A9696 #968A96 #96968A

tetradic

#8A9696 #908A96 #968A8A #90968A

square

#8A9696 #908A96 #968A8A #90968A

split-complementary

#8A9696 #968A90 #96908A

monochromatic

#4E5757 #6B7878 #8A9696 #AAB3B3 #CBD0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A9696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8A9696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9696

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9696	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.014 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b4',
    500: '#8a9696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9696;
$custom-light: #acb4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66345,
    "c": 0.01383,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9696

secondary

#C0BBBB

accent

#7979AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9696

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

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