#8E7C8A#8E7C8A

#8E7C8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.030 H 333.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7C8A
RGB	rgb(142, 124, 138)
HSL	hsl(313, 7%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(313, 13%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 9.50, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 10.75, 332.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% 0.0268 -0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.03 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9499, 22.0014, 27.0775)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7C8A #7C8E80

analogous

#897C8E #8E7C8A #8E7C81

triadic

#8E7C8A #8A8E7C #7C8A8E

tetradic

#8E7C8A #8E897C #7C8E80 #7C818E

square

#8E7C8A #8E897C #7C8E80 #7C818E

split-complementary

#8E7C8A #818E7C #7C8E89

monochromatic

#4D434B #6E5F6B #8E7C8A #AA9DA7 #C7BEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#8E7C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#8E7C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7C8A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7C8A	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C808B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#907D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 124, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.030 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa2ac',
    500: '#8e7c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7c8a;
$custom-light: #afa2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.333,
    "s": 7.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60731,
    "c": 0.02994,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7C8A

secondary

#AFB7B1

accent

#B08477

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7C8A

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

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