#8A8D8A#8A8D8A

#8A8D8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.006 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D8A
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -1.69, 1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 2.08, 144.32°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0046 0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.006 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.5928, 26.2879, 27.8183)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D8A #8D8A8D

analogous

#8C8D8A #8A8D8A #8A8D8C

triadic

#8A8D8A #8A8A8D #8D8A8A

tetradic

#8A8D8A #8A8C8D #8D8A8D #8D8C8A

square

#8A8D8A #8A8C8D #8D8A8D #8D8C8A

split-complementary

#8A8D8A #8C8A8D #8D8A8C

monochromatic

#4D4F4D #6B6E6B #8A8D8A #A9ABA9 #C8C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#8A8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#8A8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D8A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D8A	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.006 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaeac',
    500: '#8a8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d8a;
$custom-light: #acaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.299,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63997,
    "c": 0.00563,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D8A

secondary

#BAB9BA

accent

#7DABAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D8A

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

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