#85857B

Closest named color: Gray (#808080). oklch(61.4% 0.015 106.8), rgb(133, 133, 123).

Black text reads best on this color (5.63:1).

About this color

#85857B is a medium-dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 61%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Gray (#808080), ΔE 0.020 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.63:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-dark (61%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Gray (#808080)
Black text	5.63:1
White text	3.72:1

Values

HEX	#85857B
RGB	rgb(133, 133, 123)
HSL	hsl(60, 4%, 50%)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.015 106.8)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #85857B	3.72:1	AA large text	Lc -70.3	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #85857B	5.63:1	AA	Lc 39.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#85857B text on white	3.72:1	AA large text	Lc 64.8	Content text, not long reading
#85857B text on black	5.63:1	AA	Lc -36.8	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F5

oklch(97% 0 0)
Step 100
100

#EAEAE8

oklch(93.6% 0.003 106.5)
Step 200
200

#D9D9D6

oklch(88.4% 0.004 106.5)
Step 300
300

#C1C1BC

oklch(80.9% 0.007 106.6)
Step 400
400

#A1A199

oklch(70.7% 0.011 106.7)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#85857B

oklch(61.4% 0.015 106.8)
Step 600
600

#747469

oklch(55.6% 0.017 106.9)
Step 700
700

#616158

oklch(49% 0.014 106.9)
Step 800
800

#505048

oklch(42.9% 0.013 106.9)
Step 900
900

#42423C

oklch(37.7% 0.01 106.9)
Step 950
950

#272723

oklch(27.1% 0.007 106.9)

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#85857B with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#87847A	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#87857B	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#878482	0.012
Achromatopsia (no color)	#848484	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #85857B, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #85857B in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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