#8D8A8A#8D8A8A

#8D8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.004 H 17.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A8A
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 2%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, 1.11, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 1.18, 19.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0034 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.004 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6597, 25.6747, 27.6964)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A8A #8A8D8D

analogous

#8D8A8C #8D8A8A #8D8C8A

triadic

#8D8A8A #8A8D8A #8A8A8D

tetradic

#8D8A8A #8C8D8A #8A8D8D #8C8A8D

square

#8D8A8A #8C8D8A #8A8D8D #8C8A8D

split-complementary

#8D8A8A #8A8D8C #8A8C8D

monochromatic

#4F4D4D #6E6B6B #8D8A8A #ABA9A9 #C9C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8D8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8D8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A8A

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A8A	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.004 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeacac',
    500: '#8d8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a8a;
$custom-light: #aeacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.299,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.00358,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A8A

secondary

#B9BABA

accent

#ABAB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A8A

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

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