#8D8D8A#8D8D8A

#8D8D8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.004 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D8A
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 1%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(60, 2%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -0.58, 1.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 1.70, 109.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0012 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.004 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0961, 26.5475, 27.8419)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D8A #8A8A8D

analogous

#8D8C8A #8D8D8A #8C8D8A

triadic

#8D8D8A #8A8D8D #8D8A8D

tetradic

#8D8D8A #8A8D8C #8A8A8D #8D8A8C

square

#8D8D8A #8A8D8C #8A8A8D #8D8A8C

split-complementary

#8D8D8A #8A8C8D #8C8A8D

monochromatic

#4F4F4D #6E6E6B #8D8D8A #ABABA9 #C9C9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#8D8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#8D8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D8A

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D8A	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.004 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaeac',
    500: '#8d8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d8a;
$custom-light: #aeaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.299,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64249,
    "c": 0.00439,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D8A

secondary

#B9B9BA

accent

#7DAB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D8A

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

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