#8D9999#8D9999

#8D9999 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.014 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9999
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(180, 8%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.29, -4.28, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.29, 4.53, 198.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0132 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.014 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1243, 30.7447, 34.5834)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9999 #998D8D

analogous

#8D9993 #8D9999 #8D9399

triadic

#8D9999 #998D99 #99998D

tetradic

#8D9999 #938D99 #998D8D #93998D

square

#8D9999 #938D99 #998D8D #93998D

split-complementary

#8D9999 #998D93 #99938D

monochromatic

#515B5B #6E7B7B #8D9999 #ADB6B6 #CED3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8D9999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#8D9999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9999

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9999	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.014 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb7b7',
    500: '#8d9999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9999;
$custom-light: #aeb7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.556,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67331,
    "c": 0.01378,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9999

secondary

#C3BEBE

accent

#7979AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9999

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

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