#8A998F#8A998F

#8A998F is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.022 H 156.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A998F
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(140, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(140, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -7.35, 3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 8.11, 154.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% -0.0206 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.023 156.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8293, 30.1686, 30.3909)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A998F #998A94

analogous

#8D998A #8A998F #8A9997

triadic

#8A998F #8F8A99 #998F8A

tetradic

#8A998F #8A8D99 #998A94 #99978A

square

#8A998F #8A8D99 #998A94 #99978A

split-complementary

#8A998F #978A99 #998A8D

monochromatic

#4F5A52 #6B7B70 #8A998F #ABB6AE #CBD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#8A998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#8A998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A998F

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A998F	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)

#99968F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.022 156.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7af',
    500: '#8a998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a998f;
$custom-light: #acb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66797,
    "c": 0.0225,
    "h": 156.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A998F

secondary

#C2BCC0

accent

#789DB0

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A998F

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

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