#8C8A96#8C8A96

#8C8A96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.018 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A96
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(250, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(250, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.7%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 3.15, -6.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 6.88, 297.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% 0.0071 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.018 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.4077, 25.9543, 32.5194)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A96 #94968A

analogous

#8A8E96 #8C8A96 #928A96

triadic

#8C8A96 #968C8A #8A968C

tetradic

#8C8A96 #968A8E #94968A #8A9692

square

#8C8A96 #968A8E #94968A #8A9692

split-complementary

#8C8A96 #96928A #8E968A

monochromatic

#504E57 #6D6B78 #8C8A96 #ACAAB3 #CBCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#8C8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#8C8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A96

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A96	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888B97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888B96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.018 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adacb4',
    500: '#8c8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a96;
$custom-light: #adacb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63904,
    "c": 0.01785,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A96

secondary

#C0C0BB

accent

#AF79A6

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A96

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

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