#8A9995#8A9995

#8A9995 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.018 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9995
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(164, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 2.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -6.15, 0.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 6.16, 177.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% -0.0181 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.018 178)
XYZ	xyz(27.2961, 30.3552, 32.8490)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9995 #998A8E

analogous

#8A998E #8A9995 #8A9699

triadic

#8A9995 #958A99 #99958A

tetradic

#8A9995 #8E8A99 #998A8E #96998A

square

#8A9995 #8E8A99 #998A8E #96998A

split-complementary

#8A9995 #998A96 #998E8A

monochromatic

#4F5A57 #6B7B77 #8A9995 #ABB6B3 #CBD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#8A9995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#8A9995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9995

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9995	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959595

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#879A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.018 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7b4',
    500: '#8a9995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9995;
$custom-light: #acb7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66976,
    "c": 0.01811,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.30356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9995

secondary

#C2BCBE

accent

#7887B0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9995

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

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