#8A8A80#8A8A80

#8A8A80 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.015 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A80
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(60, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, -1.90, 5.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 5.68, 109.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0042 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.015 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.4655, 25.1388, 24.0340)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A80 #80808A

analogous

#8A8580 #8A8A80 #858A80

triadic

#8A8A80 #808A8A #8A808A

tetradic

#8A8A80 #808A85 #80808A #8A8085

square

#8A8A80 #808A85 #80808A #8A8085

split-complementary

#8A8A80 #80858A #85808A

monochromatic

#4B4B45 #6B6B62 #8A8A80 #A7A7A0 #C5C5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8A8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8A8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A80

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A80	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C897F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.015 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaca4',
    500: '#8a8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a80;
$custom-light: #acaca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63044,
    "c": 0.01465,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A80

secondary

#B1B1B5

accent

#7BAD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A80

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

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