#8A9888#8A9888

#8A9888 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.028 H 141.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9888
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 136)
HSL	hsl(113, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(113, 11%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 10.5%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -8.15, 6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 10.57, 140.49°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0222 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.028 141.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1525, 29.6371, 27.6305)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9888 #968898

analogous

#929888 #8A9888 #88988E

triadic

#8A9888 #888A98 #98888A

tetradic

#8A9888 #889298 #968898 #988E88

square

#8A9888 #889298 #968898 #988E88

split-complementary

#8A9888 #8E8898 #988892

monochromatic

#4E594D #6B7A69 #8A9888 #AAB4A9 #CBD1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A9888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8A9888 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9888

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9888	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.028 141.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6aa',
    500: '#8a9888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9888;
$custom-light: #acb6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 112.5,
    "s": 7.207,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66374,
    "c": 0.02824,
    "h": 141.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9888

secondary

#C0BBC1

accent

#78B0A9

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9888

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

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