#8A8F8A#8A8F8A

#8A8F8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.009 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8F8A
RGB	rgb(138, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -2.81, 2.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 3.46, 144.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0077 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.009 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8903, 26.8831, 27.9175)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8F8A #8F8A8F

analogous

#8C8F8A #8A8F8A #8A8F8C

triadic

#8A8F8A #8A8A8F #8F8A8A

tetradic

#8A8F8A #8A8C8F #8F8A8F #8F8C8A

square

#8A8F8A #8A8C8F #8F8A8F #8F8C8A

split-complementary

#8A8F8A #8C8A8F #8F8A8C

monochromatic

#4E514E #6C706C #8A8F8A #A9ADA9 #C9CBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#8A8F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#8A8F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8F8A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8F8A	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.009 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acafac',
    500: '#8a8f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8f8a;
$custom-light: #acafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.183,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64435,
    "c": 0.00935,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8F8A

secondary

#BBB9BB

accent

#7CABAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8F8A

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

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