#888B8A#888B8A

#888B8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.004 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888B8A
RGB	rgb(136, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(160, 1%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(160, 2%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -1.30, 0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 1.31, 173.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0038 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.004 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9726, 25.5344, 27.7055)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888B8A #8B8889

analogous

#888B89 #888B8A #888B8B

triadic

#888B8A #8A888B #8B8A88

tetradic

#888B8A #89888B #8B8889 #8B8B88

square

#888B8A #89888B #8B8889 #8B8B88

split-complementary

#888B8A #8B888B #8B8988

monochromatic

#4B4D4D #6A6C6B #888B8A #A7A9A8 #C6C7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#888B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#888B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888B8A

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888B8A	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.004 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaacac',
    500: '#888b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888b8a;
$custom-light: #aaacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 1.277,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63393,
    "c": 0.00383,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888B8A

secondary

#B8B7B7

accent

#7D8CAB

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #888B8A

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

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