#8A888F#8A888F

#8A888F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.011 H 299.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A888F
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 143)
HSL	hsl(257, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(257, 5%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 4.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 2.13, -3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 4.08, 301.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0052 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.011 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2424, 24.9948, 29.5286)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A888F #8D8F88

analogous

#888A8F #8A888F #8E888F

triadic

#8A888F #8F8A88 #888F8A

tetradic

#8A888F #8F888A #8D8F88 #888F8E

square

#8A888F #8F888A #8D8F88 #888F8E

split-complementary

#8A888F #8F8E88 #8A8F88

monochromatic

#4D4C51 #6B6A70 #8A888F #A9A8AD #C8C7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A888F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A888F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A888F

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A888F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A888F	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87898F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a888f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.011 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaaaf',
    500: '#8a888f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a888f;
$custom-light: #acaaaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a888f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 3.03,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63071,
    "c": 0.01059,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A888F

secondary

#BABBB8

accent

#AC7C9E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A888F

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

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