#8A998E#8A998E

#8A998E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.023 H 153.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A998E
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(136, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(136, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -7.55, 3.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 8.52, 152.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.77% -0.0211 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(66.77% 0.023 153.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7539, 30.1384, 29.9937)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A998E #998A95

analogous

#8E998A #8A998E #8A9996

triadic

#8A998E #8E8A99 #998E8A

tetradic

#8A998E #8A8E99 #998A95 #99968A

square

#8A998E #8A8E99 #998A95 #99968A

split-complementary

#8A998E #968A99 #998A8E

monochromatic

#4F5A52 #6B7B6F #8A998E #ABB6AE #CBD2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8A998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#8A998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A998E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A998E	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)

#99968D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96948F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.023 153.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7af',
    500: '#8a998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a998e;
$custom-light: #acb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 136,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66768,
    "c": 0.02347,
    "h": 153.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A998E

secondary

#C2BCC1

accent

#78A1B0

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A998E

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

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