#8A848A#8A848A

#8A848A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.011 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A848A
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 3.41, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 4.18, 324.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% 0.0094 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.011 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3192, 23.7409, 27.3938)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A848A #848A84

analogous

#87848A #8A848A #8A8487

triadic

#8A848A #8A8A84 #848A8A

tetradic

#8A848A #8A8784 #848A84 #84878A

square

#8A848A #8A8784 #848A84 #84878A

split-complementary

#8A848A #878A84 #848A87

monochromatic

#4C484C #6B666B #8A848A #A8A3A8 #C6C3C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8A848A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A848A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A848A

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A848A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A848A	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a848a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.011 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca7ac',
    500: '#8a848a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a848a;
$custom-light: #aca7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a848a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62048,
    "c": 0.01135,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A848A

secondary

#B4B6B4

accent

#AC7C7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A848A

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

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