#8E7C8E#8E7C8E

#8E7C8E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.034 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7C8E
RGB	rgb(142, 124, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 10.29, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 12.55, 325.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.87% 0.0283 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(60.87% 0.034 326)
XYZ	xyz(23.2448, 22.1194, 28.6309)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7C8E #7C8E7C

analogous

#857C8E #8E7C8E #8E7C85

triadic

#8E7C8E #8E8E7C #7C8E8E

tetradic

#8E7C8E #8E857C #7C8E7C #7C858E

square

#8E7C8E #8E857C #7C8E7C #7C858E

split-complementary

#8E7C8E #858E7C #7C8E85

monochromatic

#4D434D #6E5F6E #8E7C8E #AA9DAA #C7BEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#8E7C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#8E7C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7C8E

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7C8E	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B808F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F828D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F7D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 124, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.034 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa2af',
    500: '#8e7c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7c8e;
$custom-light: #afa2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6087,
    "c": 0.03419,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.22119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7C8E

secondary

#AFB7AF

accent

#B07777

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7C8E

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

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