#8D8A85#8D8A85

#8D8A85 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.008 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A85
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(38, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 6%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 5.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 0.16, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 3.07, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0013 0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.008 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3061, 25.5333, 25.8337)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A85 #85888D

analogous

#8D8685 #8D8A85 #8C8D85

triadic

#8D8A85 #858D8A #8A858D

tetradic

#8D8A85 #858D86 #85888D #8D858C

square

#8D8A85 #858D86 #85888D #8D858C

split-complementary

#8D8A85 #858C8D #86858D

monochromatic

#4E4C49 #6E6B67 #8D8A85 #ABA8A5 #C8C7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8D8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#8D8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A85

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A85	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.008 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaca8',
    500: '#8d8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a85;
$custom-light: #aeaca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 3.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63448,
    "c": 0.0082,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A85

secondary

#B5B6B9

accent

#8EAD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A85

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

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