#8A888E#8A888E

#8A888E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A888E
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(260, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 1.93, -2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 3.52, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.0048 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1670, 24.9646, 29.1314)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A888E #8C8E88

analogous

#88898E #8A888E #8D888E

triadic

#8A888E #8E8A88 #888E8A

tetradic

#8A888E #8E8889 #8C8E88 #888E8D

square

#8A888E #8E8889 #8C8E88 #888E8D

split-complementary

#8A888E #8E8D88 #898E88

monochromatic

#4D4C50 #6B6A6F #8A888E #A9A7AC #C8C7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A888E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A888E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A888E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A888E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A888E	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87898E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a888e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaaf',
    500: '#8a888e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a888e;
$custom-light: #acaaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a888e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 2.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63038,
    "c": 0.00915,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A888E

secondary

#B9BAB8

accent

#AC7C9C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A888E

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

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