#8A988A#8A988A

#8A988A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.026 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A988A
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 138)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(120, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 9.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -7.77, 5.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 9.62, 143.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0213 0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.026 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2960, 29.6944, 28.3860)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A988A #988A98

analogous

#91988A #8A988A #8A9891

triadic

#8A988A #8A8A98 #988A8A

tetradic

#8A988A #8A9198 #988A98 #98918A

square

#8A988A #8A9198 #988A98 #98918A

split-complementary

#8A988A #918A98 #988A91

monochromatic

#4E594E #6B7A6B #8A988A #ABB5AB #CBD1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A988A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8A988A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A988A

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A988A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A988A	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a988a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.026 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6ac',
    500: '#8a988a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a988a;
$custom-light: #acb6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a988a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6643,
    "c": 0.02593,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A988A

secondary

#C2BCC2

accent

#78AFAF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A988A

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

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