#8A8181#8A8181

#8A8181 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.011 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8181
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 129)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 6.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, 3.40, 1.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 3.61, 19.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% 0.0104 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.011 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2935, 22.6890, 23.9696)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8181 #818A8A

analogous

#8A8186 #8A8181 #8A8681

triadic

#8A8181 #818A81 #81818A

tetradic

#8A8181 #868A81 #818A8A #86818A

square

#8A8181 #868A81 #818A8A #86818A

split-complementary

#8A8181 #818A86 #81868A

monochromatic

#4B4646 #6B6363 #8A8181 #A7A1A1 #C5C0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8A8181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8A8181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8181

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8181	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)

#828281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.011 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca5a5',
    500: '#8a8181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8181;
$custom-light: #aca5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61121,
    "c": 0.01093,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8181

secondary

#B1B5B5

accent

#ADAD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8181

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

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