#8A8482#8A8482

#8A8482 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.008 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8482
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 130)
HSL	hsl(15, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 6%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 5.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 1.87, 1.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 2.65, 45.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% 0.0061 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.008 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.7612, 23.5177, 24.4551)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8482 #82888A

analogous

#8A8284 #8A8482 #8A8882

triadic

#8A8482 #828A84 #84828A

tetradic

#8A8482 #848A82 #82888A #88828A

square

#8A8482 #848A82 #82888A #88828A

split-complementary

#8A8482 #828A88 #82848A

monochromatic

#4B4846 #6B6664 #8A8482 #A8A3A2 #C5C2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8A8482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#8A8482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8482

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8482	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#858582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878682

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.008 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7a6',
    500: '#8a8482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8482;
$custom-light: #aca7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 3.306,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61797,
    "c": 0.00786,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8482

secondary

#B2B5B6

accent

#A0AD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8482

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

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