#8A8A8D#8A8A8D

#8A8A8D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.004 H 286.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A8D
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(240, 1%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(240, 2%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 0.59, -1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 1.71, 290.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.0012 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.004 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3766, 25.5033, 28.8325)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A8D #8D8D8A

analogous

#8A8C8D #8A8A8D #8C8A8D

triadic

#8A8A8D #8D8A8A #8A8D8A

tetradic

#8A8A8D #8D8A8C #8D8D8A #8A8D8C

square

#8A8A8D #8D8A8C #8D8D8A #8A8D8C

split-complementary

#8A8A8D #8D8C8A #8C8D8A

monochromatic

#4D4D4F #6B6B6E #8A8A8D #A9A9AB #C8C8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8A8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8A8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A8D

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A8D	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.004 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacae',
    500: '#8a8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a8d;
$custom-light: #acacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.299,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63438,
    "c": 0.00443,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A8D

secondary

#BABAB9

accent

#AB7DAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A8D

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

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