#8A9989#8A9989

#8A9989 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.029 H 143.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9989
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 137)
HSL	hsl(116, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(116, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 10.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -8.51, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 10.77, 142.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0232 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.029 143.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3869, 29.9916, 28.0608)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9989 #988999

analogous

#929989 #8A9989 #899990

triadic

#8A9989 #898A99 #99898A

tetradic

#8A9989 #899299 #988999 #999089

square

#8A9989 #899299 #988999 #999089

split-complementary

#8A9989 #908999 #998992

monochromatic

#4E5A4E #6B7B6A #8A9989 #ABB5AA #CBD2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8A9989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8A9989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9989

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9989	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97948A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.029 143.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7ab',
    500: '#8a9989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9989;
$custom-light: #acb7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 116.25,
    "s": 7.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66626,
    "c": 0.02889,
    "h": 143.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9989

secondary

#C2BCC2

accent

#77B0AD

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9989

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

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