#8A8685#8A8685

#8A8685 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.005 H 34.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8685
RGB	rgb(138, 134, 133)
HSL	hsl(12, 2%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, 1.30, 1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 1.68, 39.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.0042 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.005 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2394, 24.1471, 25.6223)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8685 #85898A

analogous

#8A8586 #8A8685 #8A8885

triadic

#8A8685 #858A86 #86858A

tetradic

#8A8685 #868A85 #85898A #88858A

square

#8A8685 #868A85 #85898A #88858A

split-complementary

#8A8685 #858A88 #85868A

monochromatic

#4C4949 #6B6867 #8A8685 #A8A5A4 #C6C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A8685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#8A8685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8685

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8685	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 134, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.005 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9a8',
    500: '#8a8685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8685;
$custom-light: #aca9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 2.092,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62321,
    "c": 0.00505,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8685

secondary

#B4B6B6

accent

#A2AB7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8685

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

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