#838C8A#838C8A

#838C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.011 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838C8A
RGB	rgb(131, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 4%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(167, 6%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -3.68, -0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 3.68, 181.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0109 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.011 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3247, 25.4162, 27.7168)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838C8A #8C8385

analogous

#838C85 #838C8A #83898C

triadic

#838C8A #8A838C #8C8A83

tetradic

#838C8A #85838C #8C8385 #898C83

square

#838C8A #85838C #8C8385 #898C83

split-complementary

#838C8A #8C8389 #8C8583

monochromatic

#484D4C #656D6B #838C8A #A3A9A8 #C3C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#838C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#838C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838C8A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838C8A	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#818C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.011 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7adac',
    500: '#838c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838c8a;
$custom-light: #a7adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 3.766,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63205,
    "c": 0.01092,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838C8A

secondary

#B7B3B4

accent

#7B86AD

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #838C8A

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

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