#8A828C#8A828C

#8A828C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.018 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A828C
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 140)
HSL	hsl(288, 4%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(288, 7%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 7.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 4.96, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 6.56, 319.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% 0.0133 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.018 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1967, 23.2621, 28.0739)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A828C #848C82

analogous

#85828C #8A828C #8C8289

triadic

#8A828C #8C8A82 #828C8A

tetradic

#8A828C #8C8582 #848C82 #82898C

square

#8A828C #8C8582 #848C82 #82898C

split-complementary

#8A828C #898C82 #828C85

monochromatic

#4C474D #6B646D #8A828C #A8A2A9 #C6C2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A828C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A828C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A828C

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A828C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A828C	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83858C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a828c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.018 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6ad',
    500: '#8a828c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a828c;
$custom-light: #aca6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a828c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61688,
    "c": 0.01755,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A828C

secondary

#B4B7B3

accent

#AD7A85

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A828C

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

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