#8C8A92#8C8A92

#8C8A92 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.012 H 297.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A92
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 146)
HSL	hsl(255, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(255, 5%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, 2.33, -3.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 4.62, 300.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0055 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.012 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0911, 25.8277, 30.8519)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A92 #90928A

analogous

#8A8C92 #8C8A92 #908A92

triadic

#8C8A92 #928C8A #8A928C

tetradic

#8C8A92 #928A8C #90928A #8A9290

square

#8C8A92 #928A8C #90928A #8A9290

split-complementary

#8C8A92 #92908A #8C928A

monochromatic

#4F4E54 #6D6B73 #8C8A92 #ABAAB0 #CAC9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8C8A92 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8C8A92 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A92

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A92	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A92	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898B92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a92;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.012 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacb2',
    500: '#8c8a92',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a92;
$custom-light: #adacb2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a92",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 3.54,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6377,
    "c": 0.012,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A92

secondary

#BDBEBA

accent

#AD7BA0

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F5

border

#CECECF

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A92

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

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