#8E8080#8E8080

#8E8080 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.017 H 17.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8080
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(0, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.81, 5.31, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.81, 5.66, 20.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.0163 0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.017 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7704, 22.7480, 23.6092)
Luminance	0.2275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8080 #808E8E

analogous

#8E8087 #8E8080 #8E8780

triadic

#8E8080 #808E80 #80808E

tetradic

#8E8080 #878E80 #808E8E #87808E

square

#8E8080 #878E80 #808E8E #87808E

split-complementary

#8E8080 #808E87 #80878E

monochromatic

#4E4545 #6E6262 #8E8080 #ABA0A0 #C8C1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8E8080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#8E8080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8080

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8080	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#917F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.017 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa4a4',
    500: '#8e8080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8080;
$custom-light: #afa4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61246,
    "c": 0.01712,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8080

secondary

#B2B8B8

accent

#AFAF79

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8080

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

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