#8A8A85#8A8A85

#8A8A85 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.007 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A85
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 4%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -0.96, 2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 2.84, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.0021 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.007 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8027, 25.2737, 25.8101)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A85 #85858A

analogous

#8A8785 #8A8A85 #878A85

triadic

#8A8A85 #858A8A #8A858A

tetradic

#8A8A85 #858A87 #85858A #8A8587

square

#8A8A85 #858A87 #85858A #8A8587

split-complementary

#8A8A85 #85878A #87858A

monochromatic

#4C4C49 #6B6B67 #8A8A85 #A8A8A4 #C6C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8A8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A85

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A85	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.007 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaca8',
    500: '#8a8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a85;
$custom-light: #acaca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 2.092,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6319,
    "c": 0.00735,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A85

secondary

#B4B4B6

accent

#7CAB7C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A85

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

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