#8C8279 · near Gray

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#8C8279 (RGB 140, 130, 121) is a medium, nearly neutral gray, closest to Gray and near Warm Gray and Mocha. Gray suggests neutrality and balance; it lets other colors lead, which makes #8C8279 a natural choice for text, borders and interface chrome. It appears in 1 ColorSwoop palette. In OKLCH it has 61% lightness and 0.02 chroma at hue 65°.

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HEX#8C8279
RGBrgb(140, 130, 121)
HSLhsl(28, 8%, 51%)
CMYK0, 7, 14, 45
CSS var--gray
Contrast3.76:1 white · 5.58:1 black

Similar named colors

Gray #808080Warm Gray #8B8589Mocha #967969Stone #928E85Shadow #8A795D

How to use #8C8279

Black text passes WCAG AA on #8C8279 (5.58:1); white text does not (3.76:1).

For a calm scheme pair #8C8279 with its analogous neighbors #8C7879 and #8C8B78; for contrast use its complement #78838C as a small accent, and anchor everything with a neutral such as #1F1F24.

--gray: #8C8279;

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#8C8279 hex color card: near Gray, RGB 140, 130, 121
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Shades & tints

#1C1A18#383430#544E49#706861#8C8279#A39B94#BAB4AF#D1CDC9#E8E6E4

Color harmonies for #8C8279

Complementary

#8C8279#78838C

Analogous

#8C8279#8C7879#8C8B78

Triadic

#8C8279#788C81#81788C

Split complementary

#8C8279#788C8B#78798C

Tetradic

#8C8279#798C78#78838C#8B788C

Palettes with #8C8279