#8D8596#8D8596

#8D8596 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.027 H 306.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8596
RGB	rgb(141, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(268, 7%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(268, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 6.37, -7.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 10.22, 308.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% 0.016 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.027 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8761, 24.6398, 32.2937)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8596 #8E9685

analogous

#858596 #8D8596 #958596

triadic

#8D8596 #968D85 #85968D

tetradic

#8D8596 #968585 #8E9685 #859695

square

#8D8596 #968585 #8E9685 #859695

split-complementary

#8D8596 #969585 #859685

monochromatic

#504A56 #6E6777 #8D8596 #ACA6B2 #CAC7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8D8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8D8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8596

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8596	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.027 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aea8b4',
    500: '#8d8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8596;
$custom-light: #aea8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 7.489,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62932,
    "c": 0.02675,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8596

secondary

#BCBFB8

accent

#B17796

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#100F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8596

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

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