#888E8A#888E8A

#888E8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888E8A
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(140, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(140, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -2.98, 1.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 3.28, 155.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0084 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(24.4129, 26.4151, 27.8523)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888E8A #8E888C

analogous

#898E88 #888E8A #888E8D

triadic

#888E8A #8A888E #8E8A88

tetradic

#888E8A #88898E #8E888C #8E8D88

square

#888E8A #88898E #8E888C #8E8D88

split-complementary

#888E8A #8D888E #8E8889

monochromatic

#4C504D #6A6F6B #888E8A #A7ACA9 #C7CAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#888E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#888E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888E8A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888E8A	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#878E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaafac',
    500: '#888e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888e8a;
$custom-light: #aaafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 2.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64052,
    "c": 0.00914,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.26415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888E8A

secondary

#BAB8B9

accent

#7C9CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #888E8A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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