#8A9997#8A9997

#8A9997 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.017 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9997
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 151)
HSL	hsl(172, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -5.74, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 5.79, 187.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0173 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.017 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4571, 30.4197, 33.6972)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9997 #998A8C

analogous

#8A9990 #8A9997 #8A9499

triadic

#8A9997 #978A99 #99978A

tetradic

#8A9997 #908A99 #998A8C #94998A

square

#8A9997 #908A99 #998A8C #94998A

split-complementary

#8A9997 #998A94 #99908A

monochromatic

#4F5A59 #6B7B79 #8A9997 #ABB6B4 #CBD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8A9997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#8A9997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9997

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9997	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.017 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7b5',
    500: '#8a9997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9997;
$custom-light: #acb7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67038,
    "c": 0.01739,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9997

secondary

#C2BCBD

accent

#787FB0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9997

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

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