#858D8A#858D8A

#858D8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.010 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#858D8A
RGB	rgb(133, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(158, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 6%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -3.52, 0.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 3.57, 170.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0102 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.01 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7843, 25.8711, 27.7804)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#858D8A #8D8588

analogous

#858D86 #858D8A #858C8D

triadic

#858D8A #8A858D #8D8A85

tetradic

#858D8A #86858D #8D8588 #8C8D85

square

#858D8A #86858D #8D8588 #8C8D85

split-complementary

#858D8A #8D858C #8D8685

monochromatic

#494E4C #676E6B #858D8A #A5ABA8 #C4C8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#858D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#858D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #858D8A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##858D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##858D8A	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#838D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #858d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.010 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8aeac',
    500: '#858d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #858d8a;
$custom-light: #a8aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#858d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 3.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63588,
    "c": 0.01033,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#858D8A

secondary

#B9B5B6

accent

#7B8EAD

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #858D8A

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

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