#8A888A#8A888A

#8A888A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.004 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A888A
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 1%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(300, 1%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 1.13, -0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 1.39, 324.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.0031 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.004 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8721, 24.8466, 27.5781)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A888A #888A88

analogous

#89888A #8A888A #8A8889

triadic

#8A888A #8A8A88 #888A8A

tetradic

#8A888A #8A8988 #888A88 #88898A

square

#8A888A #8A8988 #888A88 #88898A

split-complementary

#8A888A #898A88 #888A89

monochromatic

#4C4B4C #6B696B #8A888A #A8A7A8 #C7C6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A888A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8A888A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A888A

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A888A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A888A	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a888a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.004 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaac',
    500: '#8a888a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a888a;
$custom-light: #acaaac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a888a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 0.847,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62909,
    "c": 0.00377,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A888A

secondary

#B6B7B6

accent

#AA7E7E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A888A

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

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