#8A9698#8A9698

#8A9698 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.014 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9698
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 152)
HSL	hsl(189, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -3.88, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 4.63, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.41% -0.0124 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(66.41% 0.014 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0538, 29.4826, 33.9651)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9698 #988C8A

analogous

#8A9893 #8A9698 #8A8F98

triadic

#8A9698 #988A96 #96988A

tetradic

#8A9698 #938A98 #988C8A #8F988A

square

#8A9698 #938A98 #988C8A #8F988A

split-complementary

#8A9698 #988A8F #98938A

monochromatic

#4E5859 #6B787A #8A9698 #ABB3B5 #CBD0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A9698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#8A9698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9698

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9698	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.014 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b6',
    500: '#8a9698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9698;
$custom-light: #acb4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66408,
    "c": 0.01416,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9698

secondary

#C2BDBC

accent

#8078AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9698

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

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