#8C8A82#8C8A82

#8C8A82 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.012 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A82
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 130)
HSL	hsl(48, 4%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 7%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 7.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -0.77, 4.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 4.61, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0011 0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.012 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9324, 25.3643, 24.7498)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A82 #82848C

analogous

#8C8582 #8C8A82 #898C82

triadic

#8C8A82 #828C8A #8A828C

tetradic

#8C8A82 #828C85 #82848C #8C8289

square

#8C8A82 #828C85 #82848C #8C8289

split-complementary

#8C8A82 #82898C #85828C

monochromatic

#4D4C47 #6D6B64 #8C8A82 #A9A8A2 #C7C6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8C8A82 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8C8A82 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A82

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A82	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A82	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a82;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.012 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaca6',
    500: '#8c8a82',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a82;
$custom-light: #adaca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a82",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 4.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63274,
    "c": 0.01197,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A82

secondary

#B3B4B7

accent

#85AD7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A82

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

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