#8A9B8A#8A9B8A

#8A9B8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.031 H 145.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B8A
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 138)
HSL	hsl(120, 8%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(120, 11%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 11%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -9.40, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 11.65, 143.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.1% -0.0258 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(67.1% 0.031 145.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7891, 30.6806, 28.5504)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B8A #9B8A9B

analogous

#939B8A #8A9B8A #8A9B93

triadic

#8A9B8A #8A8A9B #9B8A8A

tetradic

#8A9B8A #8A939B #9B8A9B #9B938A

square

#8A9B8A #8A939B #9B8A9B #9B938A

split-complementary

#8A9B8A #938A9B #9B8A93

monochromatic

#4F5C4F #6B7D6B #8A9B8A #ABB7AB #CCD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8A9B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#8A9B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B8A

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B8A	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.031 145.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb8ac',
    500: '#8a9b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b8a;
$custom-light: #acb8ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 7.834,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67102,
    "c": 0.03136,
    "h": 145.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B8A

secondary

#C4BDC4

accent

#77B1B1

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B8A

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

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