#8A8583#8A8583

#8A8583 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.007 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8583
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 131)
HSL	hsl(17, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 5%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, 1.49, 1.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 2.29, 49.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0049 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.007 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9649, 23.8172, 24.8557)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8583 #83888A

analogous

#8A8384 #8A8583 #8A8983

triadic

#8A8583 #838A85 #85838A

tetradic

#8A8583 #848A83 #83888A #89838A

square

#8A8583 #848A83 #83888A #89838A

split-complementary

#8A8583 #838A89 #83848A

monochromatic

#4B4847 #6B6765 #8A8583 #A8A4A2 #C5C3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8A8583 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8A8583 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8583

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8583	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8583	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8583;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.007 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8a7',
    500: '#8a8583',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8583;
$custom-light: #aca8a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8583",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 2.905,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62043,
    "c": 0.00674,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8583

secondary

#B3B5B6

accent

#9EAC7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8583

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

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