#8B8A8A#8B8A8A

#8B8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.001 H 17.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8A8A
RGB	rgb(139, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 0%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 0.37, 0.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 0.39, 19.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.0011 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.001 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3226, 25.5009, 27.6806)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8A8A #8A8B8B

analogous

#8B8A8B #8B8A8A #8B8B8A

triadic

#8B8A8A #8A8B8A #8A8A8B

tetradic

#8B8A8A #8B8B8A #8A8B8B #8B8A8B

square

#8B8A8A #8B8B8A #8A8B8B #8B8A8B

split-complementary

#8B8A8A #8A8B8B #8A8B8B

monochromatic

#4E4D4D #6C6B6B #8B8A8A #A9A9A9 #C8C7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8B8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8B8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8A8A

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8A8A	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.001 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acacac',
    500: '#8b8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8a8a;
$custom-light: #acacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0.429,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63428,
    "c": 0.00119,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8A8A

secondary

#B8B9B9

accent

#AAAA7E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8A8A

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

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