#8A888C#8A888C

#8A888C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.006 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A888C
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 140)
HSL	hsl(270, 2%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(270, 3%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 2.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, 1.53, -1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 2.42, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0039 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.006 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0182, 24.9051, 28.3477)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A888C #8A8C88

analogous

#88888C #8A888C #8C888C

triadic

#8A888C #8C8A88 #888C8A

tetradic

#8A888C #8C8888 #8A8C88 #888C8C

square

#8A888C #8C8888 #8A8C88 #888C8C

split-complementary

#8A888C #8C8C88 #888C88

monochromatic

#4D4B4E #6B6A6D #8A888C #A9A7AA #C7C6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A888C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A888C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A888C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A888C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A888C	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87898C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a888c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.006 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaad',
    500: '#8a888c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a888c;
$custom-light: #acaaad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a888c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 1.709,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62973,
    "c": 0.00634,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A888C

secondary

#B8B9B7

accent

#AB7D94

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A888C

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

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