#8A9999#8A9999

#8A9999 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.017 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9999
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, -5.33, -1.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 5.63, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0164 -0.0049)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.017 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6209, 30.4852, 34.5598)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9999 #998A8A

analogous

#8A9992 #8A9999 #8A9299

triadic

#8A9999 #998A99 #99998A

tetradic

#8A9999 #928A99 #998A8A #92998A

square

#8A9999 #928A99 #998A8A #92998A

split-complementary

#8A9999 #998A92 #99928A

monochromatic

#4F5A5A #6B7B7B #8A9999 #ABB6B6 #CBD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#8A9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#8A9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9999

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9999	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.017 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7b7',
    500: '#8a9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9999;
$custom-light: #acb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.849,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67101,
    "c": 0.01716,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9999

secondary

#C2BCBC

accent

#7878B0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9999

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

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