#8C8484#8C8484

#8C8484 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.010 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8484
RGB	rgb(140, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 6%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 5.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, 3.00, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 3.19, 19.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.0092 0.0029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.01 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2308, 23.7442, 25.1846)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8484 #848C8C

analogous

#8C8488 #8C8484 #8C8884

triadic

#8C8484 #848C84 #84848C

tetradic

#8C8484 #888C84 #848C8C #88848C

square

#8C8484 #888C84 #848C8C #88848C

split-complementary

#8C8484 #848C88 #84888C

monochromatic

#4D4848 #6D6666 #8C8484 #AAA4A4 #C7C3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8C8484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8C8484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8484

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8484	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.010 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada7a7',
    500: '#8c8484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8484;
$custom-light: #ada7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 3.361,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.00967,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8484

secondary

#B4B8B8

accent

#ADAD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8484

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

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