#818C8A#818C8A

#818C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.013 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#818C8A
RGB	rgb(129, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(169, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 8%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -4.40, -0.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 4.41, 183.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0131 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.013 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0178, 25.2580, 27.7024)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#818C8A #8C8183

analogous

#818C84 #818C8A #81888C

triadic

#818C8A #8A818C #8C8A81

tetradic

#818C8A #84818C #8C8183 #888C81

square

#818C8A #84818C #8C8183 #888C81

split-complementary

#818C8A #8C8188 #8C8481

monochromatic

#464D4B #636D6B #818C8A #A1A9A8 #C1C6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#818C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#818C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #818C8A

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##818C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##818C8A	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #818c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(129, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.013 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5adac',
    500: '#818c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #818c8a;
$custom-light: #a5adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#818c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 129,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 4.564,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.01317,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#818C8A

secondary

#B7B2B3

accent

#7A83AE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #818C8A

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

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