#8A9699#8A9699

#8A9699 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.015 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9699
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(192, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(192, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -3.67, -3.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 4.77, 219.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.012 -0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.015 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1361, 29.5155, 34.3982)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9699 #998D8A

analogous

#8A9995 #8A9699 #8A8F99

triadic

#8A9699 #998A96 #96998A

tetradic

#8A9699 #958A99 #998D8A #8F998A

square

#8A9699 #958A99 #998D8A #8F998A

split-complementary

#8A9699 #998A8F #99958A

monochromatic

#4F585A #6B787B #8A9699 #ABB3B6 #CBD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A9699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#8A9699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9699

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9699	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)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.015 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b7',
    500: '#8a9699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9699;
$custom-light: #acb4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66441,
    "c": 0.01455,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9699

secondary

#C2BEBC

accent

#8378B0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9699

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

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