#8A828A#8A828A

#8A828A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.015 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A828A
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 6%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 4.56, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 5.58, 324.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% 0.0125 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.015 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0506, 23.2037, 27.3043)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A828A #828A82

analogous

#86828A #8A828A #8A8286

triadic

#8A828A #8A8A82 #828A8A

tetradic

#8A828A #8A8682 #828A82 #82868A

square

#8A828A #8A8682 #828A82 #82868A

split-complementary

#8A828A #868A82 #828A86

monochromatic

#4B464B #6B646B #8A828A #A8A2A8 #C5C1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A828A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#8A828A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A828A

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A828A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A828A	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a828a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.015 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6ac',
    500: '#8a828a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a828a;
$custom-light: #aca6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a828a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 3.306,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61621,
    "c": 0.01516,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A828A

secondary

#B2B6B2

accent

#AD7B7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A828A

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

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