#8A988E#8A988E

#8A988E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.022 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A988E
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 142)
HSL	hsl(137, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(137, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -7.00, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 7.85, 153.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% -0.0196 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.022 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5909, 29.8124, 29.9394)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A988E #988A94

analogous

#8D988A #8A988E #8A9895

triadic

#8A988E #8E8A98 #988E8A

tetradic

#8A988E #8A8D98 #988A94 #98958A

square

#8A988E #8A8D98 #988A94 #98958A

split-complementary

#8A988E #958A98 #988A8D

monochromatic

#4E5952 #6B7A6F #8A988E #ABB5AD #CBD1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A988E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#8A988E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A988E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A988E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A988E	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98968E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95948E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a988e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.022 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6af',
    500: '#8a988e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a988e;
$custom-light: #acb6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a988e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66545,
    "c": 0.02166,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A988E

secondary

#C2BCC0

accent

#78A0AF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A988E

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

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