#8D8A89#8D8A89

#8D8A89 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.004 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A89
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(15, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(15, 3%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 2.8%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 0.92, 0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 1.31, 45.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.003 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.004 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5877, 25.6459, 27.3169)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A89 #898C8D

analogous

#8D898A #8D8A89 #8D8C89

triadic

#8D8A89 #898D8A #8A898D

tetradic

#8D8A89 #8A8D89 #898C8D #8C898D

square

#8D8A89 #8A8D89 #898C8D #8C898D

split-complementary

#8D8A89 #898D8C #898A8D

monochromatic

#4F4D4C #6E6B6B #8D8A89 #ABA9A8 #C9C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8D8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8D8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A89

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A89	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.004 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacab',
    500: '#8d8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a89;
$custom-light: #aeacab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 1.724,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63569,
    "c": 0.00389,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A89

secondary

#B8B9BA

accent

#9FAB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A89

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

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