#8A8480#8A8480

#8A8480 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.009 H 56.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8480
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(24, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(24, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, 1.50, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 3.31, 63.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% 0.0052 0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.009 56.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6283, 23.4645, 23.7549)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8480 #80868A

analogous

#8A8081 #8A8480 #8A8980

triadic

#8A8480 #808A84 #84808A

tetradic

#8A8480 #818A80 #80868A #89808A

square

#8A8480 #818A80 #80868A #89808A

split-complementary

#8A8480 #808A89 #80818A

monochromatic

#4B4745 #6B6662 #8A8480 #A7A3A0 #C5C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8A8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8480

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8480	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878680

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.009 56.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7a4',
    500: '#8a8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8480;
$custom-light: #aca7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61737,
    "c": 0.0094,
    "h": 56.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8480

secondary

#B1B3B5

accent

#99AD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8480

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

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