#8A8A7E#8A8A7E

#8A8A7E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.018 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A7E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, -2.26, 6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 6.82, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0051 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.018 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3351, 25.0867, 23.3475)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A7E #7E7E8A

analogous

#8A847E #8A8A7E #848A7E

triadic

#8A8A7E #7E8A8A #8A7E8A

tetradic

#8A8A7E #7E8A84 #7E7E8A #8A7E84

square

#8A8A7E #7E8A84 #7E7E8A #8A7E84

split-complementary

#8A8A7E #7E848A #847E8A

monochromatic

#4A4A43 #6A6A60 #8A8A7E #A7A79E #C4C4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8A8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A7E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A7E	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C897D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.018 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaca3',
    500: '#8a8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a7e;
$custom-light: #acaca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62988,
    "c": 0.01755,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A7E

secondary

#AFAFB5

accent

#7AAE7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F3

border

#CECECD

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A7E

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

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