#8A898D

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(63.2% 0.006 297.7), rgb(138, 137, 141).

Black text reads best on this color (6.04:1).

About this color

#8A898D is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.006. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.023 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.04:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.006)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.04:1
White text	3.47:1

Values

HEX	#8A898D
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 2%, 55%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.006 297.7)

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 #8A898D	3.47:1	AA large text	Lc -67.8	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8A898D	6.04:1	AA	Lc 41.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8A898D text on white	3.47:1	AA large text	Lc 62.3	Content text, not long reading
#8A898D text on black	6.04:1	AA	Lc -39.4	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

#EAEAEA

oklch(93.7% 0 0)
Step 200
200

#D9D9DA

oklch(88.6% 0.001 286.4)
Step 300
300

#C1C0C2

oklch(80.9% 0.003 308.4)
Step 400
400

#A1A0A3

oklch(70.8% 0.004 301.4)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8A898D

oklch(63.2% 0.006 297.7)
Step 600
600

#747277

oklch(55.5% 0.008 304.1)
Step 700
700

#616064

oklch(49.1% 0.006 297.6)
Step 800
800

#4F4E51

oklch(42.6% 0.005 301.3)
Step 900
900

#424143

oklch(37.7% 0.004 308.4)
Step 950
950

#262627

oklch(26.9% 0.002 286.3)

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#8A898D 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)	#888A8D	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#88898D	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#8A8A8A	0.006
Achromatopsia (no color)	#8A8A8A	0.006

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 #8A898D, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #8A898D 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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