#8E807E#8E807E

#8E807E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.017 H 27.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E807E
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 126)
HSL	hsl(8, 7%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(8, 11%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 11.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.76, 4.95, 3.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.76, 5.80, 31.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% 0.0155 0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.017 27.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6401, 22.6959, 22.9227)
Luminance	0.2270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E807E #7E8C8E

analogous

#8E7E84 #8E807E #8E887E

triadic

#8E807E #7E8E80 #807E8E

tetradic

#8E807E #848E7E #7E8C8E #887E8E

square

#8E807E #848E7E #7E8C8E #887E8E

split-complementary

#8E807E #7E8E88 #7E848E

monochromatic

#4E4544 #6E6261 #8E807E #ABA09F #C7C0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8E807E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8E807E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E807E

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E807E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E807E	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83827E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86847E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#927F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e807e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.017 27.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa4a3',
    500: '#8e807e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e807e;
$custom-light: #afa4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e807e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 6.612,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61186,
    "c": 0.01743,
    "h": 27.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E807E

secondary

#B0B7B7

accent

#A9B078

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F3

border

#CECECD

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E807E

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

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