#8E8086#8E8086

#8E8086 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.019 H 349.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8086
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 134)
HSL	hsl(334, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(334, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 6.43, -1.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 6.56, 348.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.0188 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.019 349.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1771, 22.9107, 25.7509)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8086 #808E88

analogous

#8E808D #8E8086 #8E8180

triadic

#8E8086 #868E80 #80868E

tetradic

#8E8086 #8D8E80 #808E88 #81808E

square

#8E8086 #8D8E80 #808E88 #81808E

split-complementary

#8E8086 #808E81 #808D8E

monochromatic

#4E4549 #6E6268 #8E8086 #ABA0A5 #C8C1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#8E8086 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8E8086 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8086

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8086	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8086	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8086;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.019 349.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa4a9',
    500: '#8e8086',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8086;
$custom-light: #afa4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8086",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.286,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61433,
    "c": 0.01908,
    "h": 349.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8086

secondary

#B2B8B5

accent

#AF9879

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8086

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

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