#8A808B#8A808B

#8A808B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.020 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A808B
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 139)
HSL	hsl(295, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 8%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 7.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.77, 5.91, -4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.77, 7.46, 322.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.0161 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.02 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8599, 22.7059, 27.5995)
Luminance	0.2271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A808B #818B80

analogous

#85808B #8A808B #8B8087

triadic

#8A808B #8B8A80 #808B8A

tetradic

#8A808B #8B8580 #818B80 #80878B

square

#8A808B #8B8580 #818B80 #80878B

split-complementary

#8A808B #878B80 #808B85

monochromatic

#4B454C #6B626C #8A808B #A7A0A8 #C5C0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A808B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A808B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A808B

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A808B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A808B	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)

#7F828C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81838B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a808b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.020 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4ac',
    500: '#8a808b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a808b;
$custom-light: #aca4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a808b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.545,
    "s": 4.527,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6123,
    "c": 0.02015,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A808B

secondary

#B1B6B1

accent

#AE7A7F

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A808B

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

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