#8A8486#8A8486

#8A8486 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.008 H 355.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8486
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(340, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(340, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, 2.63, -0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 2.64, 354.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% 0.0077 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.008 355)
XYZ	xyz(23.0350, 23.6272, 25.8966)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8486 #848A88

analogous

#8A8489 #8A8486 #8A8584

triadic

#8A8486 #868A84 #84868A

tetradic

#8A8486 #898A84 #848A88 #85848A

square

#8A8486 #898A84 #848A88 #85848A

split-complementary

#8A8486 #848A85 #84898A

monochromatic

#4C4849 #6B6668 #8A8486 #A8A3A5 #C6C3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#8A8486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A8486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8486

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8486	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.008 355.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7a9',
    500: '#8a8486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8486;
$custom-light: #aca7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6192,
    "c": 0.00777,
    "h": 355
  },
  "luminance": 0.23627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8486

secondary

#B4B6B5

accent

#AC9C7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8486

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

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