#888E8E#888E8E

#888E8E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888E8E
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -2.19, -0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 2.31, 199.18°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0067 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(24.7079, 26.5331, 29.4056)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#888E8E #8E8888

analogous

#888E8B #888E8E #888B8E

triadic

#888E8E #8E888E #8E8E88

tetradic

#888E8E #8B888E #8E8888 #8B8E88

square

#888E8E #8B888E #8E8888 #8B8E88

split-complementary

#888E8E #8E888B #8E8B88

monochromatic

#4C5050 #6A6F6F #888E8E #A7ACAC #C7CACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#888E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#888E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888E8E

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888E8E	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#868E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaafaf',
    500: '#888e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888e8e;
$custom-light: #aaafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.00704,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.26533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888E8E

secondary

#BAB8B8

accent

#7C7CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #888E8E

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

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