#8A8484#8A8484

#8A8484 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.007 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8484
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 4.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 2.25, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 2.39, 19.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.0069 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.007 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8968, 23.5719, 25.1689)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8484 #848A8A

analogous

#8A8487 #8A8484 #8A8784

triadic

#8A8484 #848A84 #84848A

tetradic

#8A8484 #878A84 #848A8A #87848A

square

#8A8484 #878A84 #848A8A #87848A

split-complementary

#8A8484 #848A87 #84878A

monochromatic

#4C4848 #6B6666 #8A8484 #A8A3A3 #C6C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A8484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8A8484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8484

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8484	1.00	3.67	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.007 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7a7',
    500: '#8a8484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8484;
$custom-light: #aca7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61858,
    "c": 0.00724,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8484

secondary

#B4B6B6

accent

#ACAC7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8484

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

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