#8D8A96#8D8A96

#8D8A96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.018 H 297.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A96
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(255, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(255, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 3.51, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 6.93, 300.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.0083 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.018 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5770, 26.0417, 32.5273)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A96 #93968A

analogous

#8A8D96 #8D8A96 #938A96

triadic

#8D8A96 #968D8A #8A968D

tetradic

#8D8A96 #968A8D #93968A #8A9693

square

#8D8A96 #968A8D #93968A #8A9693

split-complementary

#8D8A96 #96938A #8D968A

monochromatic

#514E57 #6E6B78 #8D8A96 #ACAAB3 #CCCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8D8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8D8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A96

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A96	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888C97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.018 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacb4',
    500: '#8d8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a96;
$custom-light: #aeacb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63989,
    "c": 0.01801,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A96

secondary

#BFC0BB

accent

#AF79A1

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A96

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

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