#8C8985

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(63.1% 0.007 75.4), rgb(140, 137, 133).

Black text reads best on this color (6.03:1).

About this color

#8C8985 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.007. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.017 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.03:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.007)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.03:1
White text	3.48:1

Values

HEX	#8C8985
RGB	rgb(140, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(34, 3%, 54%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.007 75.4)

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 #8C8985	3.48:1	AA large text	Lc -67.9	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8C8985	6.03:1	AA	Lc 41.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8C8985 text on white	3.48:1	AA large text	Lc 62.4	Content text, not long reading
#8C8985 text on black	6.03:1	AA	Lc -39.3	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

#EAEAE9

oklch(93.7% 0.001 106.4)
Step 200
200

#DAD9D8

oklch(88.6% 0.002 67.8)
Step 300
300

#C2C0BE

oklch(80.9% 0.004 67.8)
Step 400
400

#A2A09D

oklch(70.7% 0.005 78.3)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8C8985

oklch(63.1% 0.007 75.4)
Step 600
600

#76736E

oklch(55.7% 0.008 80.7)
Step 700
700

#63605C

oklch(49.1% 0.007 75.4)
Step 800
800

#514F4B

oklch(42.8% 0.007 84.6)
Step 900
900

#43413F

oklch(37.7% 0.004 67.7)
Step 950
950

#272625

oklch(26.9% 0.002 67.7)

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#8C8985 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)	#8A8985	0.003
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#8B8A85	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#8D8888	0.006
Achromatopsia (no color)	#898989	0.007

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 #8C8985, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #8C8985 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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