#858C8A#858C8A

#858C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.009 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#858C8A
RGB	rgb(133, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(163, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 5%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -2.96, 0.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 2.96, 176.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0087 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.009 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6375, 25.5775, 27.7315)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#858C8A #8C8587

analogous

#858C86 #858C8A #858A8C

triadic

#858C8A #8A858C #8C8A85

tetradic

#858C8A #86858C #8C8587 #8A8C85

square

#858C8A #86858C #8C8587 #8A8C85

split-complementary

#858C8A #8C858A #8C8685

monochromatic

#494E4C #676D6B #858C8A #A5AAA8 #C4C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#858C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#858C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #858C8A

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##858C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##858C8A	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#848C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #858c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.009 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8adac',
    500: '#858c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #858c8a;
$custom-light: #a8adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#858c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 2.954,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63366,
    "c": 0.00871,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#858C8A

secondary

#B8B5B6

accent

#7C89AC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #858C8A

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

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