#8A9898#8A9898

#8A9898 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.016 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9898
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 152)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -4.98, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 5.27, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0154 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.016 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3757, 30.1263, 34.0723)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9898 #988A8A

analogous

#8A9891 #8A9898 #8A9198

triadic

#8A9898 #988A98 #98988A

tetradic

#8A9898 #918A98 #988A8A #91988A

square

#8A9898 #918A98 #988A8A #91988A

split-complementary

#8A9898 #988A91 #98918A

monochromatic

#4E5959 #6B7A7A #8A9898 #ABB5B5 #CBD1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8A9898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#8A9898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9898

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9898	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939498

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.016 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6b6',
    500: '#8a9898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9898;
$custom-light: #acb6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66849,
    "c": 0.01605,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9898

secondary

#C2BCBC

accent

#7878AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9898

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

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