#8C8486#8C8486

#8C8486 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.010 H 0.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8486
RGB	rgb(140, 132, 134)
HSL	hsl(345, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(345, 6%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 4.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 3.38, 0.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 3.38, 0.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% 0.0101 0.0001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.01 0.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3690, 23.7994, 25.9123)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8486 #848C8A

analogous

#8C848A #8C8486 #8C8684

triadic

#8C8486 #868C84 #84868C

tetradic

#8C8486 #8A8C84 #848C8A #86848C

square

#8C8486 #8A8C84 #848C8A #86848C

split-complementary

#8C8486 #848C86 #848A8C

monochromatic

#4D484A #6D6668 #8C8486 #AAA4A5 #C7C3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8C8486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8C8486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8486

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8486	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8485

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 132, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.010 0.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada7a9',
    500: '#8c8486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8486;
$custom-light: #ada7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 3.361,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62099,
    "c": 0.01005,
    "h": 0.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8486

secondary

#B4B8B7

accent

#ADA07B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8486

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

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