#8A8485#8A8485

#8A8485 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.007 H 5.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8485
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 133)
HSL	hsl(350, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(350, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, 2.44, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 2.45, 6.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% 0.0073 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.007 5.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.9656, 23.5994, 25.5310)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8485 #848A89

analogous

#8A8488 #8A8485 #8A8684

triadic

#8A8485 #858A84 #84858A

tetradic

#8A8485 #888A84 #848A89 #86848A

square

#8A8485 #888A84 #848A89 #86848A

split-complementary

#8A8485 #848A86 #84888A

monochromatic

#4C4849 #6B6667 #8A8485 #A8A3A4 #C6C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A8485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#8A8485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8485

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8485	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858585

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.007 5.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7a8',
    500: '#8a8485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8485;
$custom-light: #aca7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61889,
    "c": 0.00736,
    "h": 5.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8485

secondary

#B4B6B6

accent

#ACA47C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8485

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

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