#8A8290#8A8290

#8A8290 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.023 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8290
RGB	rgb(138, 130, 144)
HSL	hsl(274, 6%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(274, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 9.7%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.46, 5.77, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.46, 8.64, 311.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% 0.0149 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.023 311)
XYZ	xyz(23.4971, 23.3822, 29.6555)
Luminance	0.2338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8290 #889082

analogous

#838290 #8A8290 #90828F

triadic

#8A8290 #908A82 #82908A

tetradic

#8A8290 #908382 #889082 #828F90

square

#8A8290 #908382 #889082 #828F90

split-complementary

#8A8290 #8F9082 #829083

monochromatic

#4C4750 #6B6471 #8A8290 #A8A2AD #C7C3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A8290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A8290 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8290

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8290	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 130, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.023 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca6b0',
    500: '#8a8290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8290;
$custom-light: #aca6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 5.932,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61824,
    "c": 0.02275,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.23382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8290

secondary

#B6BAB4

accent

#AF7990

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8290

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

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