#8A808D#8A808D

#8A808D is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.023 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A808D
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 141)
HSL	hsl(286, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(286, 9%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 6.31, -5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 8.46, 318.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% 0.0169 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.023 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0074, 22.7649, 28.3761)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A808D #838D80

analogous

#83808D #8A808D #8D8089

triadic

#8A808D #8D8A80 #808D8A

tetradic

#8A808D #8D8380 #838D80 #80898D

square

#8A808D #8D8380 #838D80 #80898D

split-complementary

#8A808D #898D80 #808D83

monochromatic

#4B454D #6B626E #8A808D #A8A0AA #C5C1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A808D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8A808D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A808D

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A808D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A808D	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	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)

#7F838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81848D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a808d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.023 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4ae',
    500: '#8a808d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a808d;
$custom-light: #aca4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a808d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.154,
    "s": 5.394,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61298,
    "c": 0.02259,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A808D

secondary

#B3B7B2

accent

#AF7986

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A808D

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

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