#8A988C#8A988C

#8A988C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.024 H 149.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A988C
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 140)
HSL	hsl(129, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(129, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.44, -7.39, 4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.44, 8.71, 148.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0204 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.024 149.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.4421, 29.7529, 29.1557)
Luminance	0.2975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A988C #988A96

analogous

#8F988A #8A988C #8A9893

triadic

#8A988C #8C8A98 #988C8A

tetradic

#8A988C #8A8F98 #988A96 #98938A

square

#8A988C #8A8F98 #988A96 #98938A

split-complementary

#8A988C #938A98 #988A8F

monochromatic

#4E5950 #6B7A6D #8A988C #ABB5AC #CBD1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A988C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#8A988C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A988C

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A988C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A988C	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a988c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.024 149.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6ad',
    500: '#8a988c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a988c;
$custom-light: #acb6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a988c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 128.571,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66487,
    "c": 0.02371,
    "h": 149.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A988C

secondary

#C2BCC1

accent

#78A8AF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A988C

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

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