#8A9899#8A9899

#8A9899 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.016 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9899
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(184, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -4.78, -2.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 5.27, 205.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.015 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.016 202)
XYZ	xyz(27.4579, 30.1592, 34.5055)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9899 #998B8A

analogous

#8A9993 #8A9899 #8A9199

triadic

#8A9899 #998A98 #98998A

tetradic

#8A9899 #938A99 #998B8A #91998A

square

#8A9899 #938A99 #998B8A #91998A

split-complementary

#8A9899 #998A91 #99938A

monochromatic

#4F595A #6B7A7B #8A9899 #ABB5B6 #CBD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8A9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#8A9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9899

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9899	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)

#969799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.016 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6b7',
    500: '#8a9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9899;
$custom-light: #acb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6688,
    "c": 0.01613,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.3016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9899

secondary

#C2BDBC

accent

#7C78B0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9899

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

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