#8F8885

Closest named color: Warm Grey (#978A84). oklch(63.2% 0.01 44.8), rgb(143, 136, 133).

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

About this color

#8F8885 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.010. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Warm Grey (#978A84), ΔE 0.014 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.02:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.010)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Warm Grey (#978A84)
Black text	6.02:1
White text	3.48:1

Values

HEX	#8F8885
RGB	rgb(143, 136, 133)
HSL	hsl(18, 4%, 54%)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.01 44.8)

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 #8F8885	3.48:1	AA large text	Lc -67.9	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8F8885	6.02:1	AA	Lc 41.7	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8F8885 text on white	3.48:1	AA large text	Lc 62.4	Content text, not long reading
#8F8885 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

#EBE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DBD8D8

oklch(88.5% 0.003 17.2)
Step 300
300

#C3C0BE

oklch(81% 0.004 56.4)
Step 400
400

#A59F9D

oklch(70.7% 0.008 39.4)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8F8885

oklch(63.2% 0.01 44.8)
Step 600
600

#79716E

oklch(55.5% 0.011 41.8)
Step 700
700

#665F5C

oklch(49.1% 0.01 44.8)
Step 800
800

#534E4B

oklch(42.8% 0.008 53.3)
Step 900
900

#45413F

oklch(37.9% 0.006 48.5)
Step 950
950

#282625

oklch(27% 0.003 48.6)

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#8F8885 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	0.008
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#8B8A85	0.008
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#918787	0.006
Achromatopsia (no color)	#898989	0.010

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 #8F8885, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #8F8885 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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