#8A8A87#8A8A87

#8A8A87 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.004 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A87
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -0.58, 1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 1.71, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0013 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.004 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9422, 25.3295, 26.5447)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A87 #87878A

analogous

#8A8887 #8A8A87 #888A87

triadic

#8A8A87 #878A8A #8A878A

tetradic

#8A8A87 #878A88 #87878A #8A8788

square

#8A8A87 #878A88 #87878A #8A8788

split-complementary

#8A8A87 #87888A #88878A

monochromatic

#4C4C4A #6B6B69 #8A8A87 #A8A8A6 #C6C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8A8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8A8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A87

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A87	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.004 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaca9',
    500: '#8a8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a87;
$custom-light: #acaca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.266,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63251,
    "c": 0.00441,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A87

secondary

#B6B6B7

accent

#7DAB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A87

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

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