#8C7E8A#8C7E8A

#8C7E8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.024 H 330.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C7E8A
RGB	rgb(140, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(309, 6%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(309, 10%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, 7.60, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 8.85, 329.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0212 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.024 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.8629, 22.3324, 27.1460)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C7E8A #7E8C80

analogous

#877E8C #8C7E8A #8C7E83

triadic

#8C7E8A #8A8C7E #7E8A8C

tetradic

#8C7E8A #8C877E #7E8C80 #7E838C

square

#8C7E8A #8C877E #7E8C80 #7E838C

split-complementary

#8C7E8A #838C7E #7E8C87

monochromatic

#4C444B #6C616B #8C7E8A #A99EA7 #C6BFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8C7E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8C7E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C7E8A

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C7E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C7E8A	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E818B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c7e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.024 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada3ac',
    500: '#8c7e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c7e8a;
$custom-light: #ada3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c7e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 5.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60959,
    "c": 0.02439,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C7E8A

secondary

#B0B6B1

accent

#AF8179

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F3F4

border

#CECDCE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C7E8A

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

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