#8A8A86#8A8A86

#8A8A86 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.006 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A86
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, -0.77, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 2.27, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0017 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.006 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8721, 25.3015, 26.1757)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A86 #86868A

analogous

#8A8886 #8A8A86 #888A86

triadic

#8A8A86 #868A8A #8A868A

tetradic

#8A8A86 #868A88 #86868A #8A8688

square

#8A8A86 #868A88 #86868A #8A8688

split-complementary

#8A8A86 #86888A #88868A

monochromatic

#4C4C4A #6B6B68 #8A8A86 #A8A8A5 #C6C6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8A8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A86

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A86	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.006 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaca9',
    500: '#8a8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a86;
$custom-light: #acaca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.681,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6322,
    "c": 0.00588,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A86

secondary

#B5B5B7

accent

#7DAB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A86

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

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