#857C8A#857C8A

#857C8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.023 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#857C8A
RGB	rgb(133, 124, 138)
HSL	hsl(279, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(279, 10%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 6.19, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 8.86, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.0162 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.023 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4672, 21.2369, 27.0080)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#857C8A #818A7C

analogous

#7E7C8A #857C8A #8A7C88

triadic

#857C8A #8A857C #7C8A85

tetradic

#857C8A #8A7E7C #818A7C #7C888A

square

#857C8A #8A7E7C #818A7C #7C888A

split-complementary

#857C8A #888A7C #7C8A7E

monochromatic

#47424A #665F6A #857C8A #A39CA7 #C1BDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#857C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#857C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #857C8A

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##857C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##857C8A	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#857D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #857c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 124, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.023 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8a1ac',
    500: '#857c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #857c8a;
$custom-light: #a8a1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#857c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 5.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59895,
    "c": 0.02343,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#857C8A

secondary

#B0B4AE

accent

#AF798C

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#0F0F10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #857C8A

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

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