#8A8A8E#8A8A8E

#8A8A8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.006 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A8E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 0.79, -2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 2.27, 290.44°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% 0.0017 -0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.006 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4513, 25.5332, 29.2262)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A8E #8E8E8A

analogous

#8A8C8E #8A8A8E #8C8A8E

triadic

#8A8A8E #8E8A8A #8A8E8A

tetradic

#8A8A8E #8E8A8C #8E8E8A #8A8E8C

square

#8A8A8E #8E8A8C #8E8E8A #8A8E8C

split-complementary

#8A8A8E #8E8C8A #8C8E8A

monochromatic

#4D4D50 #6B6B6F #8A8A8E #A9A9AC #C8C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8A8A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#8A8A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A8E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A8E	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.006 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacaf',
    500: '#8a8a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a8e;
$custom-light: #acacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 1.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6347,
    "c": 0.00591,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A8E

secondary

#BBBBB9

accent

#AB7DAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A8E

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

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