#8A8A8B#8A8A8B

#8A8A8B is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.001 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A8B
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(240, 0%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(240, 1%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 0.20, -0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 0.57, 290.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% 0.0004 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.001 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2291, 25.4443, 28.0559)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A8B #8B8B8A

analogous

#8A8B8B #8A8A8B #8B8A8B

triadic

#8A8A8B #8B8A8A #8A8B8A

tetradic

#8A8A8B #8B8A8B #8B8B8A #8A8B8B

square

#8A8A8B #8B8A8B #8B8B8A #8A8B8B

split-complementary

#8A8A8B #8B8B8A #8B8B8A

monochromatic

#4D4D4E #6B6B6C #8A8A8B #A9A9A9 #C7C7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8A8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A8B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A8B	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.001 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacac',
    500: '#8a8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a8b;
$custom-light: #acacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 0.429,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63374,
    "c": 0.00147,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A8B

secondary

#B9B9B8

accent

#AA7EAA

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A8B

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

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