#8C8A7C#8C8A7C

#8C8A7C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.021 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A7C
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 7%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 11%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 11.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -1.85, 7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 7.98, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0037 0.0202)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.021 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5414, 25.2078, 22.6903)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A7C #7C7E8C

analogous

#8C827C #8C8A7C #868C7C

triadic

#8C8A7C #7C8C8A #8A7C8C

tetradic

#8C8A7C #7C8C82 #7C7E8C #8C7C86

square

#8C8A7C #7C8C82 #7C7E8C #8C7C86

split-complementary

#8C8A7C #7C868C #827C8C

monochromatic

#4B4A42 #6C6A5F #8C8A7C #A9A79D #C5C4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8C8A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8C8A7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A7C

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A7C	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D897B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.021 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaca1',
    500: '#8c8a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a7c;
$custom-light: #adaca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 6.504,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63105,
    "c": 0.02055,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A7C

secondary

#AEAFB5

accent

#7FB078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A7C

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

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