#8A8A7A#8A8A7A

#8A8A7A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.023 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#8A8A7A
RGBrgb(138, 138, 122)
HSLhsl(60, 6%, 51%)
HSVhsv(60, 12%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.06, -2.97, 8.58)
CIE-LCHlch(57.06, 9.08, 109.10°)
OKLaboklab(62.88% -0.0068 0.0223)
OKLCHoklch(62.88% 0.023 107.1)
XYZxyz(23.0822, 24.9855, 22.0153)
Luminance0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familygrey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#8A8A7A #7A7A8A
analogous
#8A827A #8A8A7A #828A7A
triadic
#8A8A7A #7A8A8A #8A7A8A
tetradic
#8A8A7A #7A8A82 #7A7A8A #8A7A82
square
#8A8A7A #7A8A82 #7A7A8A #8A7A82
split-complementary
#8A8A7A #7A828A #827A8A
monochromatic
#494940 #6A6A5D #8A8A7A #A7A79B #C3C3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50
#8A8A7A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00
#8A8A7A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A7A
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##8A8A7A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##8A8A7A1.003.506.006.00
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0021.001.001.00
##0000006.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8D8979
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8D897B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8D8885
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #8a8a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.023 107.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaca0',
    500: '#8a8a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #8a8a7a;
$custom-light: #acaca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#8a8a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62877,
    "c": 0.02332,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#8A8A7A
secondary
#ACACB3
accent
#78AF78
background
#FAFAF9
surface
#F4F4F2
border
#CECECC
text
#10100E
muted
#7F7F7E

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#8A8A7A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva