#8D8A90#8D8A90

#8D8A90 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.009 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A90
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 144)
HSL	hsl(270, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(270, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, 2.29, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 3.62, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.0059 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.009 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1062, 25.8533, 30.0477)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A90 #8D908A

analogous

#8A8A90 #8D8A90 #908A90

triadic

#8D8A90 #908D8A #8A908D

tetradic

#8D8A90 #908A8A #8D908A #8A9090

square

#8D8A90 #908A8A #8D908A #8A9090

split-complementary

#8D8A90 #90908A #8A908A

monochromatic

#504E52 #6E6B71 #8D8A90 #ACA9AE #CAC9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8D8A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8D8A90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A90

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A90	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.009 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacb0',
    500: '#8d8a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a90;
$custom-light: #aeacb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 2.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6379,
    "c": 0.00948,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A90

secondary

#BBBCBA

accent

#AC7C94

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A90

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

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