#8A808F#8A808F

#8A808F is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.025 H 314.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A808F
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 143)
HSL	hsl(280, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(280, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 10.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 6.72, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 9.49, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.0177 -0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.025 314.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1575, 22.8249, 29.1670)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A808F #858F80

analogous

#82808F #8A808F #8F808C

triadic

#8A808F #8F8A80 #808F8A

tetradic

#8A808F #8F8280 #858F80 #808C8F

square

#8A808F #8F8280 #858F80 #808C8F

split-complementary

#8A808F #8C8F80 #808F82

monochromatic

#4C464F #6B626F #8A808F #A8A1AC #C6C1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A808F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#8A808F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A808F

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A808F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A808F	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80848E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a808f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.025 314.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca4af',
    500: '#8a808f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a808f;
$custom-light: #aca4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a808f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 6.276,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61367,
    "c": 0.02515,
    "h": 314.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A808F

secondary

#B4B9B2

accent

#AF788B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A808F

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

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