#8A8890

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(63.1% 0.012 297.5), rgb(138, 136, 144).

Black text reads best on this color (6.00:1).

About this color

#8A8890 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.012. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.028 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.00:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.012)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.00:1
White text	3.49:1

Values

HEX	#8A8890
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 144)
HSL	hsl(255, 3%, 55%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.012 297.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #8A8890	3.49:1	AA large text	Lc -68.0	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8A8890	6.00:1	AA	Lc 41.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8A8890 text on white	3.49:1	AA large text	Lc 62.6	Content text, not long reading
#8A8890 text on black	6.00:1	AA	Lc -39.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100

#EAE9EB

oklch(93.5% 0.003 308.4)
Step 200
200

#D9D9DB

oklch(88.6% 0.003 286.3)
Step 300
300

#C1C0C4

oklch(81% 0.006 297.7)
Step 400
400

#A19FA6

oklch(70.6% 0.01 299.2)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8A8890

oklch(63.1% 0.012 297.5)
Step 600
600

#74727A

oklch(55.7% 0.012 297.4)
Step 700
700

#615F67

oklch(49% 0.013 297.4)
Step 800
800

#4F4E54

oklch(42.7% 0.01 293.6)
Step 900
900

#424145

oklch(37.8% 0.007 297.5)
Step 950
950

#272629

oklch(27.1% 0.006 301.2)

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#8A8890 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#878990	0.005
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#878990	0.005
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#89898B	0.009
Achromatopsia (no color)	#898989	0.012

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #8A8890, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #8A8890 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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