#8A8088#8A8088

#8A8088 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.017 H 332.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8088
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 136)
HSL	hsl(312, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(312, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.68, 5.31, -2.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.68, 6.08, 330.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% 0.0149 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.017 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6437, 22.6194, 26.4609)
Luminance	0.2262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8088 #808A82

analogous

#87808A #8A8088 #8A8083

triadic

#8A8088 #888A80 #80888A

tetradic

#8A8088 #8A8780 #808A82 #80838A

square

#8A8088 #8A8780 #808A82 #80838A

split-complementary

#8A8088 #838A80 #808A87

monochromatic

#4B454A #6B6269 #8A8088 #A7A0A6 #C5C0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#8A8088 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#8A8088 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8088

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8088	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8088	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8088;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.017 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4aa',
    500: '#8a8088',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8088;
$custom-light: #aca4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8088",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6113,
    "c": 0.01681,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8088

secondary

#B1B5B2

accent

#AD857B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8088

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

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