#8A8887#8A8887

#8A8887 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.003 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8887
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 135)
HSL	hsl(20, 1%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(20, 2%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 0.55, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 0.97, 55.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% 0.0019 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.003 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6579, 24.7609, 26.4500)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8887 #87898A

analogous

#8A8787 #8A8887 #8A8987

triadic

#8A8887 #878A88 #88878A

tetradic

#8A8887 #878A87 #87898A #89878A

square

#8A8887 #878A87 #87898A #89878A

split-complementary

#8A8887 #878A89 #87878A

monochromatic

#4C4B4A #6B6969 #8A8887 #A8A7A6 #C6C5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A8887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8A8887 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8887

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8887	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.003 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaa9',
    500: '#8a8887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8887;
$custom-light: #acaaa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 1.266,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62816,
    "c": 0.00282,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8887

secondary

#B6B7B7

accent

#9BAB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8887

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

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