#8A8D8D#8A8D8D

#8A8D8D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.004 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D8D
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -1.10, -0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 1.16, 199.30°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0034 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.004 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.8130, 26.3760, 28.9780)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D8D #8D8A8A

analogous

#8A8D8C #8A8D8D #8A8C8D

triadic

#8A8D8D #8D8A8D #8D8D8A

tetradic

#8A8D8D #8C8A8D #8D8A8A #8C8D8A

square

#8A8D8D #8C8A8D #8D8A8A #8C8D8A

split-complementary

#8A8D8D #8D8A8C #8D8C8A

monochromatic

#4D4F4F #6B6E6E #8A8D8D #A9ABAB #C8C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#8A8D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#8A8D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D8D

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D8D	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#898D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.004 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaeae',
    500: '#8a8d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d8d;
$custom-light: #acaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.299,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6409,
    "c": 0.00354,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D8D

secondary

#BAB9B9

accent

#7D7DAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D8D

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

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