#8A8488#8A8488

#8A8488 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.009 H 337.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8488
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(320, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(320, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 3.02, -1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 3.30, 335.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% 0.0086 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.009 337.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1758, 23.6835, 26.6382)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8488 #848A86

analogous

#89848A #8A8488 #8A8485

triadic

#8A8488 #888A84 #84888A

tetradic

#8A8488 #8A8984 #848A86 #84858A

square

#8A8488 #8A8984 #848A86 #84858A

split-complementary

#8A8488 #858A84 #848A89

monochromatic

#4C484A #6B6669 #8A8488 #A8A3A6 #C6C3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8A8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8488

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8488	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.009 337.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7aa',
    500: '#8a8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8488;
$custom-light: #aca7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 320,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61984,
    "c": 0.00926,
    "h": 337.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8488

secondary

#B4B6B4

accent

#AC8C7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8488

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

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