#8A8A8F#8A8A8F

#8A8A8F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.007 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A8F
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(240, 3%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 1.00, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 2.84, 290.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.0021 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.007 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5267, 25.5634, 29.6234)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A8F #8F8F8A

analogous

#8A8C8F #8A8A8F #8C8A8F

triadic

#8A8A8F #8F8A8A #8A8F8A

tetradic

#8A8A8F #8F8A8C #8F8F8A #8A8F8C

square

#8A8A8F #8F8A8C #8F8F8A #8A8F8C

split-complementary

#8A8A8F #8F8C8A #8C8F8A

monochromatic

#4E4E51 #6C6C70 #8A8A8F #A9A9AD #C9C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8A8A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#8A8A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A8F

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A8F	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)

#898B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.007 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacaf',
    500: '#8a8a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a8f;
$custom-light: #acacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.183,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63502,
    "c": 0.00738,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A8F

secondary

#BBBBB9

accent

#AB7CAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A8F

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

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