#8A8683#8A8683

#8A8683 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.007 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8683
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 131)
HSL	hsl(26, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(26, 5%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.18, 0.92, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.18, 2.33, 66.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.0033 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.007 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1025, 24.0923, 24.9015)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8683 #83878A

analogous

#8A8383 #8A8683 #8A8A83

triadic

#8A8683 #838A86 #86838A

tetradic

#8A8683 #838A83 #83878A #8A838A

square

#8A8683 #838A83 #83878A #8A838A

split-complementary

#8A8683 #838A8A #83838A

monochromatic

#4B4947 #6B6765 #8A8683 #A8A5A2 #C5C3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A8683 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A8683 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8683

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8683	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8683	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)

#878683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8683;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.007 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9a7',
    500: '#8a8683',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8683;
$custom-light: #aca9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8683",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 2.905,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6226,
    "c": 0.00658,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8683

secondary

#B3B5B6

accent

#97AC7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8683

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

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