#8A8E86#8A8E86

#8A8E86 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.013 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E86
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(90, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(90, 6%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -3.02, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 4.81, 128.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0079 0.0098)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.013 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4566, 26.4705, 26.3705)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E86 #8A868E

analogous

#8E8E86 #8A8E86 #868E86

triadic

#8A8E86 #868A8E #8E868A

tetradic

#8A8E86 #868E8E #8A868E #8E8686

square

#8A8E86 #868E8E #8A868E #8E8686

split-complementary

#8A8E86 #86868E #8E868E

monochromatic

#4D4F4A #6B6F68 #8A8E86 #A9ACA6 #C7C9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#8A8E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#8A8E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E86

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E86	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.013 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafa9',
    500: '#8a8e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e86;
$custom-light: #acafa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 3.419,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64097,
    "c": 0.01259,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E86

secondary

#B8B6BA

accent

#7BAD94

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E86

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

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