#8A8280#8A8280

#8A8280 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.010 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8280
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 128)
HSL	hsl(12, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(12, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, 2.64, 2.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 3.41, 39.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% 0.0084 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.01 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3597, 22.9273, 23.6654)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8280 #80888A

analogous

#8A8083 #8A8280 #8A8780

triadic

#8A8280 #808A82 #82808A

tetradic

#8A8280 #838A80 #80888A #87808A

square

#8A8280 #838A80 #80888A #87808A

split-complementary

#8A8280 #808A87 #80838A

monochromatic

#4B4645 #6B6462 #8A8280 #A7A1A0 #C5C1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8A8280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8A8280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8280

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8280	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8181

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.010 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6a4',
    500: '#8a8280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8280;
$custom-light: #aca6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61305,
    "c": 0.01018,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8280

secondary

#B1B4B5

accent

#A3AD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8280

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

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