#8A9897#8A9897

#8A9897 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.016 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9897
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.73, -5.19, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.73, 5.32, 192.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0158 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.016 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.2941, 30.0937, 33.6428)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9897 #988A8B

analogous

#8A9890 #8A9897 #8A9298

triadic

#8A9897 #978A98 #98978A

tetradic

#8A9897 #908A98 #988A8B #92988A

square

#8A9897 #908A98 #988A8B #92988A

split-complementary

#8A9897 #988A92 #98908A

monochromatic

#4E5958 #6B7A79 #8A9897 #ABB5B4 #CBD1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8A9897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#8A9897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9897

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9897	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.016 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6b5',
    500: '#8a9897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9897;
$custom-light: #acb6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.714,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66817,
    "c": 0.01612,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9897

secondary

#C2BCBC

accent

#787CAF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9897

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

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