#8A8183#8A8183

#8A8183 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.011 H 2.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8183
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 131)
HSL	hsl(347, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(347, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 3.77, 0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 3.77, 2.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% 0.0113 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.011 2.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4277, 22.7427, 24.6766)
Luminance	0.2274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8183 #818A88

analogous

#8A8188 #8A8183 #8A8481

triadic

#8A8183 #838A81 #81838A

tetradic

#8A8183 #888A81 #818A88 #84818A

square

#8A8183 #888A81 #818A88 #84818A

split-complementary

#8A8183 #818A84 #81888A

monochromatic

#4B4647 #6B6365 #8A8183 #A7A1A2 #C5C0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8A8183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8A8183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8183

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8183	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)

#828283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848483

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.011 2.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca5a7',
    500: '#8a8183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8183;
$custom-light: #aca5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61183,
    "c": 0.01127,
    "h": 2.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8183

secondary

#B1B5B4

accent

#ADA27B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8183

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

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