#8D8A7E#8D8A7E

#8D8A7E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.018 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A7E
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(48, 6%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 11%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 10.6%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -1.11, 6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 6.91, 99.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0017 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.018 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8385, 25.3462, 23.3711)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A7E #7E818D

analogous

#8D837E #8D8A7E #898D7E

triadic

#8D8A7E #7E8D8A #8A7E8D

tetradic

#8D8A7E #7E8D83 #7E818D #8D7E89

square

#8D8A7E #7E8D83 #7E818D #8D7E89

split-complementary

#8D8A7E #7E898D #837E8D

monochromatic

#4D4B44 #6D6B61 #8D8A7E #AAA79E #C6C5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8D8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8D8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A7E

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A7E	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D897D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.018 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaca3',
    500: '#8d8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a7e;
$custom-light: #aeaca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 6.173,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63247,
    "c": 0.01789,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A7E

secondary

#B0B1B7

accent

#83AF79

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F3

border

#CECECD

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A7E

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

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