#8A8083#8A8083

#8A8083 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.013 H 357.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8083
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 131)
HSL	hsl(342, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(342, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.53, 4.35, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.53, 4.35, 356.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.97% 0.0129 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(60.97% 0.013 357.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2966, 22.4806, 24.6329)
Luminance	0.2248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8083 #808A87

analogous

#8A8088 #8A8083 #8A8280

triadic

#8A8083 #838A80 #80838A

tetradic

#8A8083 #888A80 #808A87 #82808A

square

#8A8083 #888A80 #808A87 #82808A

split-complementary

#8A8083 #808A82 #80888A

monochromatic

#4B4547 #6B6265 #8A8083 #A7A0A2 #C5C0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A8083 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#8A8083 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8083

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8083	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8083	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838383

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8083;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.013 357.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4a7',
    500: '#8a8083',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8083;
$custom-light: #aca4a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8083",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60969,
    "c": 0.01287,
    "h": 357.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8083

secondary

#B1B5B4

accent

#AD9E7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8083

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

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