#8A808E#8A808E

#8A808E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.024 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A808E
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 142)
HSL	hsl(283, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(283, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 9.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, 6.52, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 8.97, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.0173 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.024 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0821, 22.7948, 28.7698)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A808E #848E80

analogous

#83808E #8A808E #8E808B

triadic

#8A808E #8E8A80 #808E8A

tetradic

#8A808E #8E8380 #848E80 #808B8E

square

#8A808E #8E8380 #848E80 #808B8E

split-complementary

#8A808E #8B8E80 #808E83

monochromatic

#4C454E #6B626E #8A808E #A8A0AB #C6C1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A808E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8A808E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A808E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A808E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A808E	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80848D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a808e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.024 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4af',
    500: '#8a808e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a808e;
$custom-light: #aca4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a808e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61333,
    "c": 0.02386,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A808E

secondary

#B4B8B2

accent

#AF7988

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A808E

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

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