#8A8E8A#8A8E8A

#8A8E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.007 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E8A
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -2.25, 1.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 2.77, 144.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0062 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.007 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7409, 26.5842, 27.8677)
Luminance	0.2658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E8A #8E8A8E

analogous

#8C8E8A #8A8E8A #8A8E8C

triadic

#8A8E8A #8A8A8E #8E8A8A

tetradic

#8A8E8A #8A8C8E #8E8A8E #8E8C8A

square

#8A8E8A #8A8C8E #8E8A8E #8E8C8A

split-complementary

#8A8E8A #8C8A8E #8E8A8C

monochromatic

#4D504D #6B6F6B #8A8E8A #A9ACA9 #C8CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#8A8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#8A8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E8A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E8A	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.007 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafac',
    500: '#8a8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e8a;
$custom-light: #acafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64216,
    "c": 0.00749,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E8A

secondary

#BBB9BB

accent

#7DABAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E8A

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

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