#8A808A#8A808A

#8A808A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.019 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A808A
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 5.71, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 6.98, 324.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.0157 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.019 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7872, 22.6768, 27.2164)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A808A #808A80

analogous

#85808A #8A808A #8A8085

triadic

#8A808A #8A8A80 #808A8A

tetradic

#8A808A #8A8580 #808A80 #80858A

square

#8A808A #8A8580 #808A80 #80858A

split-complementary

#8A808A #858A80 #808A85

monochromatic

#4B454B #6B626B #8A808A #A7A0A7 #C5C0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A808A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A808A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A808A

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A808A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A808A	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F828A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81838A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a808a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.019 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4ac',
    500: '#8a808a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a808a;
$custom-light: #aca4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a808a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61197,
    "c": 0.01898,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A808A

secondary

#B1B5B1

accent

#AD7B7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A808A

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

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