#8C8A80#8C8A80

#8C8A80 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.015 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A80
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 9%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 8.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -1.13, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 5.73, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0019 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.015 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7995, 25.3111, 24.0496)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A80 #80828C

analogous

#8C8480 #8C8A80 #888C80

triadic

#8C8A80 #808C8A #8A808C

tetradic

#8C8A80 #808C84 #80828C #8C8088

square

#8C8A80 #808C84 #80828C #8C8088

split-complementary

#8C8A80 #80888C #84808C

monochromatic

#4C4B45 #6D6B62 #8C8A80 #A9A8A0 #C6C5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8C8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8C8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A80

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A80	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C897F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.015 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaca4',
    500: '#8c8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a80;
$custom-light: #adaca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 4.959,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63216,
    "c": 0.01483,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A80

secondary

#B1B2B7

accent

#82AE7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A80

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

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