#8C8A88#8C8A88

#8C8A88 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.004 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A88
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(30, 2%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 3%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 2.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 0.35, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 1.38, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0014 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.004 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3470, 25.5301, 26.9329)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A88 #888A8C

analogous

#8C8888 #8C8A88 #8C8C88

triadic

#8C8A88 #888C8A #8A888C

tetradic

#8C8A88 #888C88 #888A8C #8C888C

square

#8C8A88 #888C88 #888A8C #8C888C

split-complementary

#8C8A88 #888C8C #88888C

monochromatic

#4E4D4B #6D6B6A #8C8A88 #AAA9A7 #C8C7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8C8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#8C8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A88

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A88	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.004 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacaa',
    500: '#8c8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a88;
$custom-light: #adacaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 1.709,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63452,
    "c": 0.0038,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A88

secondary

#B7B8B9

accent

#94AB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A88

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

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