#8C8690#8C8690

#8C8690 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.016 H 312.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8690
RGB	rgb(140, 134, 144)
HSL	hsl(276, 4%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(276, 7%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 4.20, -4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 6.19, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.011 -0.0121)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.016 312.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3735, 24.6393, 29.8520)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8690 #8A9086

analogous

#878690 #8C8690 #90868F

triadic

#8C8690 #908C86 #86908C

tetradic

#8C8690 #908786 #8A9086 #868F90

square

#8C8690 #908786 #8A9086 #868F90

split-complementary

#8C8690 #8F9086 #869087

monochromatic

#4E4A51 #6D6871 #8C8690 #AAA6AD #C9C6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8C8690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8C8690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8690

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8690	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 134, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.016 312.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada9b0',
    500: '#8c8690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8690;
$custom-light: #ada9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 4.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62849,
    "c": 0.01633,
    "h": 312.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8690

secondary

#B8BBB7

accent

#AD7A8F

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8690

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

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