#8C8A90#8C8A90

#8C8A90 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.009 H 301.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A90
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 144)
HSL	hsl(260, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(260, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 1.92, -2.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 3.51, 303.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0047 -0.0078)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.009 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9369, 25.7660, 30.0398)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A90 #8E908A

analogous

#8A8B90 #8C8A90 #8F8A90

triadic

#8C8A90 #908C8A #8A908C

tetradic

#8C8A90 #908A8B #8E908A #8A908F

square

#8C8A90 #908A8B #8E908A #8A908F

split-complementary

#8C8A90 #908F8A #8B908A

monochromatic

#4F4E52 #6D6B71 #8C8A90 #ABA9AE #CAC9CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8C8A90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8C8A90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A90

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A90	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.009 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacb0',
    500: '#8c8a90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a90;
$custom-light: #adacb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 2.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63704,
    "c": 0.00913,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A90

secondary

#BBBCBA

accent

#AC7C9C

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A90

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

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