#8C8A7E#8C8A7E

#8C8A7E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.018 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A7E
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(51, 6%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 10%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.33, -1.49, 6.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.33, 6.86, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0028 0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.018 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6692, 25.2589, 23.3632)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A7E #7E808C

analogous

#8C837E #8C8A7E #878C7E

triadic

#8C8A7E #7E8C8A #8A7E8C

tetradic

#8C8A7E #7E8C83 #7E808C #8C7E87

square

#8C8A7E #7E8C83 #7E808C #8C7E87

split-complementary

#8C8A7E #7E878C #837E8C

monochromatic

#4C4B44 #6C6B61 #8C8A7E #A9A79E #C6C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8C8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8C8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A7E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A7E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D897D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.018 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaca3',
    500: '#8c8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a7e;
$custom-light: #adaca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 5.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.01769,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A7E

secondary

#B0B1B6

accent

#81AF79

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F3

border

#CECECD

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A7E

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

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