#8C8697#8C8697

#8C8697 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.026 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8697
RGB	rgb(140, 134, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 8%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(261, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 5.65, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 10.00, 304.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0137 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.026 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9252, 24.8600, 32.7575)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8697 #919786

analogous

#868897 #8C8697 #948697

triadic

#8C8697 #978C86 #86978C

tetradic

#8C8697 #978688 #919786 #869794

square

#8C8697 #978688 #919786 #869794

split-complementary

#8C8697 #979486 #889786

monochromatic

#4F4B57 #6D6778 #8C8697 #ABA7B3 #CBC8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8C8697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8C8697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8697

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8697	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 134, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.026 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada9b5',
    500: '#8c8697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8697;
$custom-light: #ada9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 7.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6309,
    "c": 0.02605,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8697

secondary

#BDC0B9

accent

#B1779C

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8697

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

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