#8A8481#8A8481

#8A8481 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.009 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8481
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 129)
HSL	hsl(20, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 6.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 1.68, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 2.95, 55.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% 0.0056 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.009 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6945, 23.4910, 24.1033)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8481 #81878A

analogous

#8A8182 #8A8481 #8A8981

triadic

#8A8481 #818A84 #84818A

tetradic

#8A8481 #828A81 #81878A #89818A

square

#8A8481 #828A81 #81878A #89818A

split-complementary

#8A8481 #818A89 #81828A

monochromatic

#4B4746 #6B6663 #8A8481 #A7A3A1 #C5C2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A8481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A8481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8481

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8481	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.009 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7a5',
    500: '#8a8481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8481;
$custom-light: #aca7a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 3.704,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61767,
    "c": 0.00854,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8481

secondary

#B1B4B5

accent

#9CAD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8481

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

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