#8A8C8A#8A8C8A

#8A8C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.004 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C8A
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(120, 1%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -1.13, 0.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 1.39, 144.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0031 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.004 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4460, 25.9944, 27.7694)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C8A #8C8A8C

analogous

#8B8C8A #8A8C8A #8A8C8B

triadic

#8A8C8A #8A8A8C #8C8A8A

tetradic

#8A8C8A #8A8B8C #8C8A8C #8C8B8A

square

#8A8C8A #8A8B8C #8C8A8C #8C8B8A

split-complementary

#8A8C8A #8B8A8C #8C8A8B

monochromatic

#4D4E4D #6B6D6B #8A8C8A #A9AAA9 #C8C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#8A8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#8A8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C8A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C8A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.004 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acadac',
    500: '#8a8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c8a;
$custom-light: #acadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63779,
    "c": 0.00375,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C8A

secondary

#B9B8B9

accent

#7EAAAA

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C8A

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

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