#8A8888#8A8888

#8A8888 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.002 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8888
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 136)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, 0.74, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 0.79, 19.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.0023 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.002 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7286, 24.7892, 26.8225)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8888 #888A8A

analogous

#8A8889 #8A8888 #8A8988

triadic

#8A8888 #888A88 #88888A

tetradic

#8A8888 #898A88 #888A8A #89888A

square

#8A8888 #898A88 #888A8A #89888A

split-complementary

#8A8888 #888A89 #88898A

monochromatic

#4C4B4B #6B6969 #8A8888 #A8A7A7 #C7C6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8888 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A8888 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8888

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8888	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8888	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8888;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.002 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaaa',
    500: '#8a8888',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8888;
$custom-light: #acaaaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8888",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0.847,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62847,
    "c": 0.00239,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8888

secondary

#B6B7B7

accent

#AAAA7E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8888

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

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