#8A8282#8A8282

#8A8282 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.010 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8282
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 130)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 5.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 3.01, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 3.20, 19.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.0093 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.01 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4926, 22.9805, 24.3655)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8282 #828A8A

analogous

#8A8286 #8A8282 #8A8682

triadic

#8A8282 #828A82 #82828A

tetradic

#8A8282 #868A82 #828A8A #86828A

square

#8A8282 #868A82 #828A8A #86828A

split-complementary

#8A8282 #828A86 #82868A

monochromatic

#4B4646 #6B6464 #8A8282 #A8A2A2 #C5C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8A8282 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#8A8282 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8282

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8282	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8282	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838382

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8282;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.010 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6a6',
    500: '#8a8282',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8282;
$custom-light: #aca6a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8282",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.306,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61366,
    "c": 0.00969,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8282

secondary

#B2B6B6

accent

#ADAD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8282

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

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