#8C8C8A#8C8C8A

#8C8C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.003 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8C8A
RGB	rgb(140, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 1%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, -0.39, 1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 1.13, 110.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0008 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.003 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.7800, 26.1666, 27.7850)
Luminance	0.2617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8C8A #8A8A8C

analogous

#8C8B8A #8C8C8A #8B8C8A

triadic

#8C8C8A #8A8C8C #8C8A8C

tetradic

#8C8C8A #8A8C8B #8A8A8C #8C8A8B

square

#8C8C8A #8A8C8B #8A8A8C #8C8A8B

split-complementary

#8C8C8A #8A8B8C #8B8A8C

monochromatic

#4E4E4D #6D6D6B #8C8C8A #AAAAA9 #C9C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8C8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#8C8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8C8A

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8C8A	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.003 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adadac',
    500: '#8c8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8c8a;
$custom-light: #adadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 0.862,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63947,
    "c": 0.00294,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8C8A

secondary

#B8B8B9

accent

#7EAA7E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8C8A

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

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