#8A8884#8A8884

#8A8884 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.006 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8884
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 132)
HSL	hsl(40, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 4.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -0.03, 2.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 2.41, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0006 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.006 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4497, 24.6776, 25.3532)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8884 #84868A

analogous

#8A8584 #8A8884 #898A84

triadic

#8A8884 #848A88 #88848A

tetradic

#8A8884 #848A85 #84868A #8A8489

square

#8A8884 #848A85 #84868A #8A8489

split-complementary

#8A8884 #84898A #85848A

monochromatic

#4C4A48 #6B6966 #8A8884 #A8A6A3 #C6C5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A8884 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A8884 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8884

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8884	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8884	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8787

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8884;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.006 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaa7',
    500: '#8a8884',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8884;
$custom-light: #acaaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8884",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 2.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62724,
    "c": 0.00638,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8884

secondary

#B4B4B6

accent

#8CAC7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8884

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

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