#8A8385#8A8385

#8A8385 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.009 H 358.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8385
RGB	rgb(138, 131, 133)
HSL	hsl(343, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(343, 5%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 3.01, -0.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 3.01, 357.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.0089 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.009 358)
XYZ	xyz(22.8306, 23.3295, 25.4861)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8385 #838A88

analogous

#8A8389 #8A8385 #8A8483

triadic

#8A8385 #858A83 #83858A

tetradic

#8A8385 #898A83 #838A88 #84838A

square

#8A8385 #898A83 #838A88 #84838A

split-complementary

#8A8385 #838A84 #83898A

monochromatic

#4B4748 #6B6567 #8A8385 #A8A2A4 #C5C2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A8385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A8385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8385

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8385	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858585

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 131, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.009 358.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7a8',
    500: '#8a8385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8385;
$custom-light: #aca7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.857,
    "s": 2.905,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61674,
    "c": 0.00892,
    "h": 358
  },
  "luminance": 0.23329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8385

secondary

#B3B6B5

accent

#AC9E7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8385

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

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