#8A9799#8A9799

#8A9799 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.015 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9799
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(188, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -4.22, -2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 4.98, 212.03°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0135 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.015 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2963, 29.8360, 34.4516)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9799 #998C8A

analogous

#8A9994 #8A9799 #8A9099

triadic

#8A9799 #998A97 #97998A

tetradic

#8A9799 #948A99 #998C8A #90998A

square

#8A9799 #948A99 #998C8A #90998A

split-complementary

#8A9799 #998A90 #99948A

monochromatic

#4F595A #6B797B #8A9799 #ABB4B6 #CBD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8A9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#8A9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9799

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9799	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.015 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5b7',
    500: '#8a9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9799;
$custom-light: #acb5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6666,
    "c": 0.01524,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9799

secondary

#C2BDBC

accent

#7F78B0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9799

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

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