#8A8080#8A8080

#8A8080 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.012 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8080
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.45, 3.78, 1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.45, 4.02, 19.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.0116 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.012 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0963, 22.4004, 23.5776)
Luminance	0.2240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8080 #808A8A

analogous

#8A8085 #8A8080 #8A8580

triadic

#8A8080 #808A80 #80808A

tetradic

#8A8080 #858A80 #808A8A #85808A

square

#8A8080 #858A80 #808A8A #85808A

split-complementary

#8A8080 #808A85 #80858A

monochromatic

#4B4545 #6B6262 #8A8080 #A7A0A0 #C5C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8A8080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#8A8080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8080

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8080	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.012 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4a4',
    500: '#8a8080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8080;
$custom-light: #aca4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60876,
    "c": 0.01218,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8080

secondary

#B1B5B5

accent

#ADAD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8080

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

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