#8A8487#8A8487

#8A8487 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.008 H 345.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8487
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 135)
HSL	hsl(330, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(330, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, 2.82, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 2.94, 344.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% 0.0081 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.008 345.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1050, 23.6552, 26.2657)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8487 #848A87

analogous

#8A848A #8A8487 #8A8484

triadic

#8A8487 #878A84 #84878A

tetradic

#8A8487 #8A8A84 #848A87 #84848A

square

#8A8487 #8A8A84 #848A87 #84848A

split-complementary

#8A8487 #848A84 #848A8A

monochromatic

#4C484A #6B6668 #8A8487 #A8A3A6 #C6C3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#8A8487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8487

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8487	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#848587

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.008 345.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7a9',
    500: '#8a8487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8487;
$custom-light: #aca7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 330,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61952,
    "c": 0.00842,
    "h": 345.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8487

secondary

#B4B6B5

accent

#AC947C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8487

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

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