#8A989A#8A989A

#8A989A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.016 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A989A
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(188, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -4.57, -2.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 5.33, 211.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0145 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.016 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5409, 30.1924, 34.9423)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A989A #9A8C8A

analogous

#8A9A94 #8A989A #8A909A

triadic

#8A989A #9A8A98 #989A8A

tetradic

#8A989A #948A9A #9A8C8A #909A8A

square

#8A989A #948A9A #9A8C8A #909A8A

split-complementary

#8A989A #9A8A90 #9A948A

monochromatic

#4F595B #6B7A7C #8A989A #ABB5B6 #CCD2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8A989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#8A989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A989A

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A989A	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93949A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.016 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb6b7',
    500: '#8a989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a989a;
$custom-light: #acb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66912,
    "c": 0.01634,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A989A

secondary

#C3BDBD

accent

#7F77B0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A989A

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

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