#8A808C#8A808C

#8A808C is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.021 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A808C
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 140)
HSL	hsl(290, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(290, 9%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 8.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 6.11, -5.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 7.96, 320.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.0165 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.021 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9333, 22.7352, 27.9860)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A808C #828C80

analogous

#84808C #8A808C #8C8088

triadic

#8A808C #8C8A80 #808C8A

tetradic

#8A808C #8C8480 #828C80 #80888C

square

#8A808C #8C8480 #828C80 #80888C

split-complementary

#8A808C #888C80 #808C84

monochromatic

#4B454C #6B626D #8A808C #A8A0A9 #C5C0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A808C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8A808C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A808C

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A808C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A808C	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F828D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81838C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a808c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.021 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4ad',
    500: '#8a808c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a808c;
$custom-light: #aca4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a808c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 4.959,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61264,
    "c": 0.02134,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A808C

secondary

#B2B7B1

accent

#AE7A82

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A808C

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

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