#8A9896#8A9896

#8A9896 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.016 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9896
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 150)
HSL	hsl(171, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, -5.40, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 5.44, 186.96°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0162 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.016 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2133, 30.0613, 33.2169)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9896 #988A8C

analogous

#8A988F #8A9896 #8A9398

triadic

#8A9896 #968A98 #98968A

tetradic

#8A9896 #8F8A98 #988A8C #93988A

square

#8A9896 #8F8A98 #988A8C #93988A

split-complementary

#8A9896 #988A93 #988F8A

monochromatic

#4E5958 #6B7A78 #8A9896 #ABB5B3 #CBD1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8A9896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#8A9896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9896

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9896	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.016 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6b4',
    500: '#8a9896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9896;
$custom-light: #acb6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66786,
    "c": 0.0163,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9896

secondary

#C2BCBD

accent

#7880AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9896

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

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