#8A8A83#8A8A83

#8A8A83 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.010 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A83
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 131)
HSL	hsl(60, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 5%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, -1.34, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 3.98, 109.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0029 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.01 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6659, 25.2190, 25.0893)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A83 #83838A

analogous

#8A8683 #8A8A83 #868A83

triadic

#8A8A83 #838A8A #8A838A

tetradic

#8A8A83 #838A86 #83838A #8A8386

square

#8A8A83 #838A86 #83838A #8A8386

split-complementary

#8A8A83 #83868A #86838A

monochromatic

#4B4B47 #6B6B65 #8A8A83 #A8A8A2 #C5C5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A8A83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8A8A83 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A83

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A83	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.010 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaca7',
    500: '#8a8a83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a83;
$custom-light: #acaca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.905,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63131,
    "c": 0.01027,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A83

secondary

#B3B3B6

accent

#7CAC7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A83

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

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