#8C8A7A#8C8A7A

#8C8A7A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.023 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A7A
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 122)
HSL	hsl(53, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 12.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -2.20, 8.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 9.11, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0045 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.023 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4162, 25.1578, 22.0309)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A7A #7A7C8C

analogous

#8C817A #8C8A7A #858C7A

triadic

#8C8A7A #7A8C8A #8A7A8C

tetradic

#8C8A7A #7A8C81 #7A7C8C #8C7A85

square

#8C8A7A #7A8C81 #7A7C8C #8C7A85

split-complementary

#8C8A7A #7A858C #817A8C

monochromatic

#4B4A41 #6C6A5D #8C8A7A #A8A79B #C5C4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8C8A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8C8A7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A7A

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A7A	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.023 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaca0',
    500: '#8c8a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a7a;
$custom-light: #adaca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 7.258,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6305,
    "c": 0.02341,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A7A

secondary

#ADAEB5

accent

#7EB077

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A7A

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

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