#8A9A98#8A9A98

#8A9A98 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.018 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A98
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 152)
HSL	hsl(173, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 1.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -6.08, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 6.15, 188.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0183 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.018 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7030, 30.7810, 34.1815)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A98 #9A8A8C

analogous

#8A9A90 #8A9A98 #8A949A

triadic

#8A9A98 #988A9A #9A988A

tetradic

#8A9A98 #908A9A #9A8A8C #949A8A

square

#8A9A98 #908A9A #9A8A8C #949A8A

split-complementary

#8A9A98 #9A8A94 #9A908A

monochromatic

#4F5B59 #6B7C7A #8A9A98 #ABB6B5 #CCD3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#8A9A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#8A9A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A98

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A98	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#869B99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.018 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7b6',
    500: '#8a9a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a98;
$custom-light: #acb7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6729,
    "c": 0.01847,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A98

secondary

#C3BDBD

accent

#777FB0

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A98

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

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