#8A8E88#8A8E88

#8A8E88 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.010 H 134.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E88
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 136)
HSL	hsl(100, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(100, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -2.64, 2.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 3.76, 134.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.007 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.01 134.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5974, 26.5268, 27.1121)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E88 #8C888E

analogous

#8D8E88 #8A8E88 #888E89

triadic

#8A8E88 #888A8E #8E888A

tetradic

#8A8E88 #888D8E #8C888E #8E8988

square

#8A8E88 #888D8E #8C888E #8E8988

split-complementary

#8A8E88 #89888E #8E888D

monochromatic

#4D504C #6B6F6A #8A8E88 #A9ACA7 #C8CAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#8A8E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#8A8E88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E88

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E88	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8D88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.010 134.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafaa',
    500: '#8a8e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e88;
$custom-light: #acafaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 100,
    "s": 2.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64156,
    "c": 0.00994,
    "h": 134.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E88

secondary

#B9B8BA

accent

#7CAC9C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E88

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

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