#8A8383
A medium, muted neutral closely aligning with Gray.
About #8A8383
When working with digital screens, the color #8A8383 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Gray. To achieve this exact tint on a monitor, you would use an RGB mix of 138, 131, and 131.
When sending designs containing this color to a printer, the CMYK values come into play. This specific hue requires a mix of 0% C, 5% M, 5% Y, and 46% K. The HSL representation is 0.0° hue, 2.9% saturation, and 52.7% lightness.
Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. You can view the detailed AAA and AA pass/fail metrics in the table below.