#8C8294#8C8294

#8C8294 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.029 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8294
RGB	rgb(140, 130, 148)
HSL	hsl(273, 8%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(273, 12%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.4%, 12.2%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, 7.32, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 11.05, 311.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0188 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.029 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1422, 23.6789, 31.3099)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8294 #8A9482

analogous

#838294 #8C8294 #948293

triadic

#8C8294 #948C82 #82948C

tetradic

#8C8294 #948382 #8A9482 #829394

square

#8C8294 #948382 #8A9482 #829394

split-complementary

#8C8294 #939482 #829483

monochromatic

#4E4854 #6D6475 #8C8294 #AAA3B0 #C9C4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8C8294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8C8294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8294

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8294	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808595

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 130, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.029 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ada6b3',
    500: '#8c8294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8294;
$custom-light: #ada6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 7.759,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62143,
    "c": 0.02906,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8294

secondary

#B8BDB5

accent

#B17791

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8294

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

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