#8D888B

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(63.2% 0.007 340.5), rgb(141, 136, 139).

Black text reads best on this color (6.02:1).

About this color

#8D888B 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 0.020 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.02:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.007)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.02:1
White text	3.48:1

Values

HEX	#8D888B
RGB	rgb(141, 136, 139)
HSL	hsl(324, 2%, 54%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.007 340.5)

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 #8D888B	3.48:1	AA large text	Lc -67.9	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8D888B	6.02:1	AA	Lc 41.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8D888B text on white	3.48:1	AA large text	Lc 62.4	Content text, not long reading
#8D888B text on black	6.02:1	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

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EAE9EA

oklch(93.5% 0.002 325.6)
Step 200
200

#DAD8D9

oklch(88.4% 0.003 345.2)
Step 300
300

#C2C0C1

oklch(81% 0.003 345.2)
Step 400
400

#A39FA2

oklch(70.7% 0.006 334)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8D888B

oklch(63.2% 0.007 340.5)
Step 600
600

#777175

oklch(55.5% 0.01 337.6)
Step 700
700

#645F62

oklch(49.1% 0.008 340.6)
Step 800
800

#514E50

oklch(42.7% 0.005 337.5)
Step 900
900

#434142

oklch(37.8% 0.003 345.4)
Step 950
950

#272627

oklch(27% 0.002 325.6)

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#8D888B 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)	#88898B	0.008
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#898A8B	0.008
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#8E8889	0.003
Achromatopsia (no color)	#898989	0.008

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 #8D888B, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #8D888B 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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