#8D8A97#8D8A97

#8D8A97 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.019 H 296.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A97
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(254, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(254, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 3.72, -6.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 7.50, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.0087 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.019 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6579, 26.0740, 32.9532)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A97 #94978A

analogous

#8A8E97 #8D8A97 #948A97

triadic

#8D8A97 #978D8A #8A978D

tetradic

#8D8A97 #978A8E #94978A #8A9794

square

#8D8A97 #978A8E #94978A #8A9794

split-complementary

#8D8A97 #97948A #8E978A

monochromatic

#514E58 #6E6B79 #8D8A97 #ADAAB4 #CCCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8D8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8D8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A97

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A97	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)

#888C98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.019 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacb5',
    500: '#8d8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a97;
$custom-light: #aeacb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.846,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64024,
    "c": 0.01946,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A97

secondary

#C0C1BC

accent

#AF79A2

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A97

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

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