#8A8A7B#8A8A7B

#8A8A7B is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.022 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A7B
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 123)
HSL	hsl(60, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 11%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, -2.79, 8.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 8.51, 109.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0064 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.022 107)
XYZ	xyz(23.1445, 25.0104, 22.3433)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A7B #7B7B8A

analogous

#8A827B #8A8A7B #828A7B

triadic

#8A8A7B #7B8A8A #8A7B8A

tetradic

#8A8A7B #7B8A82 #7B7B8A #8A7B82

square

#8A8A7B #7B8A82 #7B7B8A #8A7B82

split-complementary

#8A8A7B #7B828A #827B8A

monochromatic

#494941 #6A6A5E #8A8A7B #A7A79B #C4C4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A8A7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A7B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A7B	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)

#8D897A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.022 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaca1',
    500: '#8a8a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a7b;
$custom-light: #acaca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62905,
    "c": 0.02188,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.2501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A7B

secondary

#ADADB4

accent

#79AF79

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A7B

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

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