#8A8A8A#8A8A8A

#8A8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.000 H 0.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A8A
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 0%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 0.00, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 0.00, 0.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% 0 0)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0 0)
XYZ	xyz(24.1564, 25.4152, 27.6728)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A8A #8A8A8A

analogous

#8A8A8A #8A8A8A #8A8A8A

triadic

#8A8A8A #8A8A8A #8A8A8A

tetradic

#8A8A8A #8A8A8A #8A8A8A #8A8A8A

square

#8A8A8A #8A8A8A #8A8A8A #8A8A8A

split-complementary

#8A8A8A #8A8A8A #8A8A8A

monochromatic

#4D4D4D #6B6B6B #8A8A8A #A9A9A9 #C7C7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A8A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A8A	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.000 0.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacac',
    500: '#8a8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a8a;
$custom-light: #acacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63343,
    "c": 0,
    "h": 0
  },
  "luminance": 0.25415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A8A

secondary

#B8B8B8

accent

#A9A97E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A8A

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

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