#888E96#888E96

#888E96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.014 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#888E96
RGB	rgb(136, 142, 150)
HSL	hsl(214, 6%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(214, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -0.53, -4.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 5.02, 263.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0035 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.014 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.3302, 26.7820, 32.6832)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#888E96 #969088

analogous

#889596 #888E96 #898896

triadic

#888E96 #96888E #8E9688

tetradic

#888E96 #968895 #969088 #889689

square

#888E96 #968895 #969088 #889689

split-complementary

#888E96 #968988 #959688

monochromatic

#4D5157 #696F77 #888E96 #A9ADB3 #C9CCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#888E96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#888E96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #888E96

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##888E96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##888E96	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#859090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #888e96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(136, 142, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.014 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaafb4',
    500: '#888e96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #888e96;
$custom-light: #aaafb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#888e96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 136,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 6.25,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64435,
    "c": 0.01384,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#888E96

secondary

#C0BDBA

accent

#9878AF

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #888E96

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

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