#8A969B#8A969B

#8A969B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.016 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A969B
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 155)
HSL	hsl(198, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 11%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 3.2%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.29, -3.25, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.29, 5.23, 231.62°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% -0.0112 -0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.016 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3026, 29.5821, 35.2755)
Luminance	0.2958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A969B #9B8F8A

analogous

#8A9B97 #8A969B #8A8E9B

triadic

#8A969B #9B8A96 #969B8A

tetradic

#8A969B #978A9B #9B8F8A #8E9B8A

square

#8A969B #978A9B #9B8F8A #8E9B8A

split-complementary

#8A969B #9B8A8E #9B978A

monochromatic

#4F585C #6B787D #8A969B #ABB4B7 #CCD1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A969B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8A969B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A969B

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A969B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A969B	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91939B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a969b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 150, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.016 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb4b8',
    500: '#8a969b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a969b;
$custom-light: #acb4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a969b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.647,
    "s": 7.834,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66506,
    "c": 0.01571,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A969B

secondary

#C4BFBD

accent

#8877B1

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A969B

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

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