#8A858D#8A858D

#8A858D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.013 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A858D
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 141)
HSL	hsl(278, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(278, 6%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 3.44, -3.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 4.99, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% 0.009 -0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.013 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6757, 24.1015, 28.5989)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A858D #888D85

analogous

#86858D #8A858D #8D858C

triadic

#8A858D #8D8A85 #858D8A

tetradic

#8A858D #8D8685 #888D85 #858C8D

square

#8A858D #8D8685 #888D85 #858C8D

split-complementary

#8A858D #8C8D85 #858D86

monochromatic

#4C494E #6B676E #8A858D #A8A5AB #C7C4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A858D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A858D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A858D

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A858D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A858D	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a858d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.013 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca8ae',
    500: '#8a858d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a858d;
$custom-light: #aca8ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a858d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 3.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62361,
    "c": 0.01319,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A858D

secondary

#B6B9B5

accent

#AD7B8E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A858D

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

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