#8C8A8A#8C8A8A

#8C8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.002 H 17.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A8A
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 1%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 1%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, 0.74, 0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 0.78, 19.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.0023 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.002 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4904, 25.5874, 27.6885)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A8A #8A8C8C

analogous

#8C8A8B #8C8A8A #8C8B8A

triadic

#8C8A8A #8A8C8A #8A8A8C

tetradic

#8C8A8A #8B8C8A #8A8C8C #8B8A8C

square

#8C8A8A #8B8C8A #8A8C8C #8B8A8C

split-complementary

#8C8A8A #8A8C8B #8A8B8C

monochromatic

#4E4D4D #6D6B6B #8C8A8A #AAA9A9 #C9C8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8C8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#8C8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A8A

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A8A	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.002 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacac',
    500: '#8c8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a8a;
$custom-light: #adacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 0.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63514,
    "c": 0.00238,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A8A

secondary

#B8B9B9

accent

#AAAA7E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A8A

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

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