#8C8684#8C8684

#8C8684 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.008 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8684
RGB	rgb(140, 134, 132)
HSL	hsl(15, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 6%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 5.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, 1.86, 1.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 2.64, 45.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.0061 0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.008 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5046, 24.2918, 25.2759)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8684 #848A8C

analogous

#8C8486 #8C8684 #8C8A84

triadic

#8C8684 #848C86 #86848C

tetradic

#8C8684 #868C84 #848A8C #8A848C

square

#8C8684 #868C84 #848A8C #8A848C

split-complementary

#8C8684 #848C8A #84868C

monochromatic

#4D4A48 #6D6866 #8C8684 #AAA5A4 #C7C4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8C8684 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8C8684 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8684

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8684	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8684	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898884

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8684;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 134, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.008 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada9a7',
    500: '#8c8684',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8684;
$custom-light: #ada9a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8684",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 3.361,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62466,
    "c": 0.00784,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8684

secondary

#B4B7B8

accent

#A0AD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8684

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

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