#8C8A98#8C8A98

#8C8A98 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.021 H 292.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A98
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(249, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(249, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 3.57, -7.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 8.01, 296.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.0079 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.021 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5701, 26.0193, 33.3748)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A98 #96988A

analogous

#8A8F98 #8C8A98 #938A98

triadic

#8C8A98 #988C8A #8A988C

tetradic

#8C8A98 #988A8F #96988A #8A9893

square

#8C8A98 #988A8F #96988A #8A9893

split-complementary

#8C8A98 #98938A #8F988A

monochromatic

#504E59 #6D6B7A #8C8A98 #ACABB5 #CCCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#8C8A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#8C8A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A98

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A98	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.021 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacb6',
    500: '#8c8a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a98;
$custom-light: #adacb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63973,
    "c": 0.02079,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A98

secondary

#C1C2BC

accent

#AF78A8

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A98

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

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