#8A8B8A#8A8B8A

#8A8B8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.002 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B8A
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(120, 0%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -0.56, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 0.69, 144.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0015 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.002 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3005, 25.7035, 27.7209)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B8A #8B8A8B

analogous

#8B8B8A #8A8B8A #8A8B8B

triadic

#8A8B8A #8A8A8B #8B8A8A

tetradic

#8A8B8A #8A8B8B #8B8A8B #8B8B8A

square

#8A8B8A #8A8B8B #8B8A8B #8B8B8A

split-complementary

#8A8B8A #8B8A8B #8B8A8B

monochromatic

#4D4E4D #6B6C6B #8A8B8A #A9A9A9 #C7C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#8A8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B8A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B8A	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.002 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacac',
    500: '#8a8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b8a;
$custom-light: #acacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.429,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6356,
    "c": 0.00188,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B8A

secondary

#B9B8B9

accent

#7EAAAA

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B8A

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

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