#8B998F#8B998F

#8B998F is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.022 H 154.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B998F
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(137, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(137, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -6.99, 3.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 7.84, 153.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0196 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.022 154.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9956, 30.2543, 30.3987)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B998F #998B95

analogous

#8E998B #8B998F #8B9996

triadic

#8B998F #8F8B99 #998F8B

tetradic

#8B998F #8B8E99 #998B95 #99968B

square

#8B998F #8B8E99 #998B95 #99968B

split-complementary

#8B998F #968B99 #998B8E

monochromatic

#4F5A52 #6C7B70 #8B998F #ACB6AE #CCD2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8B998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8B998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8B998F

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B998F	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99978F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96958F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.022 154.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb7af',
    500: '#8b998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b998f;
$custom-light: #adb7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 137.143,
    "s": 6.422,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66873,
    "c": 0.02164,
    "h": 154.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B998F

secondary

#C3BDC1

accent

#78A0B0

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B998F

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

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