#8D8A98#8D8A98

#8D8A98 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.021 H 295.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A98
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(253, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(253, 9%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 3.93, -7.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 8.06, 299.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.0091 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.021 295.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7394, 26.1066, 33.3827)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A98 #95988A

analogous

#8A8E98 #8D8A98 #948A98

triadic

#8D8A98 #988D8A #8A988D

tetradic

#8D8A98 #988A8E #95988A #8A9894

square

#8D8A98 #988A8E #95988A #8A9894

split-complementary

#8D8A98 #98948A #8E988A

monochromatic

#514E59 #6E6B7A #8D8A98 #ADABB5 #CCCBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8D8A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#8D8A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A98

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A98	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878C99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.021 295.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacb6',
    500: '#8d8a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a98;
$custom-light: #aeacb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 6.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64058,
    "c": 0.02092,
    "h": 295.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A98

secondary

#C1C2BC

accent

#AF78A4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A98

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

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