#888B83

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(63.2% 0.012 123.6), rgb(136, 139, 131).

Black text reads best on this color (6.06:1).

About this color

#888B83 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.012. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.022 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.06:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.012)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.06:1
White text	3.46:1

Values

HEX	#888B83
RGB	rgb(136, 139, 131)
HSL	hsl(82, 3%, 53%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.012 123.6)

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 #888B83	3.46:1	AA large text	Lc -67.7	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #888B83	6.06:1	AA	Lc 41.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#888B83 text on white	3.46:1	AA large text	Lc 62.2	Content text, not long reading
#888B83 text on black	6.06:1	AA	Lc -39.5	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

#E9EAE9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 145.6)
Step 200
200

#D8D9D7

oklch(88.4% 0.003 128.5)
Step 300
300

#C0C1BD

oklch(80.9% 0.006 117.9)
Step 400
400

#9FA29B

oklch(70.8% 0.011 125.7)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#888B83

oklch(63.2% 0.012 123.6)
Step 600
600

#72756C

oklch(55.7% 0.014 121.9)
Step 700
700

#5F625A

oklch(49.1% 0.013 123.7)
Step 800
800

#4E504A

oklch(42.7% 0.01 121.9)
Step 900
900

#41423E

oklch(37.7% 0.007 118.1)
Step 950
950

#262724

oklch(27.1% 0.006 121.8)

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#888B83 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)	#8C8A83	0.006
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#8C8A83	0.006
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#898A89	0.011
Achromatopsia (no color)	#8A8A8A	0.012

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 #888B83, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #888B83 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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