#8B887A#8B887A

#8B887A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.021 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B887A
RGB	rgb(139, 136, 122)
HSL	hsl(49, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 12%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 12.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -1.46, 7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 8.05, 100.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0025 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.021 97)
XYZ	xyz(22.9641, 24.5026, 21.9283)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B887A #7A7D8B

analogous

#8B7F7A #8B887A #858B7A

triadic

#8B887A #7A8B88 #887A8B

tetradic

#8B887A #7A8B7F #7A7D8B #8B7A85

square

#8B887A #7A8B7F #7A7D8B #8B7A85

split-complementary

#8B887A #7A858B #7F7A8B

monochromatic

#4A4841 #6B685D #8B887A #A8A59B #C4C2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8B887A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8B887A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B887A

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B887A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B887A	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C887A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b887a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 136, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.021 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaaa0',
    500: '#8b887a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b887a;
$custom-light: #adaaa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b887a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 6.827,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62524,
    "c": 0.02077,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.24502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B887A

secondary

#ADAEB4

accent

#82B078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B887A

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

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