#8C8A84#8C8A84

#8C8A84 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.009 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A84
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 132)
HSL	hsl(45, 3%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 6%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 5.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -0.40, 3.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 3.49, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0002 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.009 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0680, 25.4185, 25.4636)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A84 #84868C

analogous

#8C8684 #8C8A84 #8A8C84

triadic

#8C8A84 #848C8A #8A848C

tetradic

#8C8A84 #848C86 #84868C #8C848A

square

#8C8A84 #848C86 #84868C #8C848A

split-complementary

#8C8A84 #848A8C #86848C

monochromatic

#4D4C48 #6D6B66 #8C8A84 #AAA8A4 #C7C6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8C8A84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8C8A84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A84

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A84	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8988

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.009 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adaca7',
    500: '#8c8a84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a84;
$custom-light: #adaca7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 3.361,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63332,
    "c": 0.00913,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A84

secondary

#B4B5B8

accent

#88AD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A84

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

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