#8A8C86#8A8C86

#8A8C86 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.009 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C86
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 134)
HSL	hsl(80, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(80, 4%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -1.90, 2.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 3.50, 122.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0048 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.009 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1617, 25.8807, 26.2722)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C86 #88868C

analogous

#8C8B86 #8A8C86 #878C86

triadic

#8A8C86 #868A8C #8C868A

tetradic

#8A8C86 #868C8B #88868C #8C8687

square

#8A8C86 #868C8B #88868C #8C8687

split-complementary

#8A8C86 #86878C #8B868C

monochromatic

#4C4E4A #6B6D68 #8A8C86 #A8AAA5 #C7C8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#8A8C86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#8A8C86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C86

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C86	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.009 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acada9',
    500: '#8a8c86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c86;
$custom-light: #acada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 2.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63658,
    "c": 0.0091,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C86

secondary

#B6B6B8

accent

#7CAC8C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C86

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

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