#8E808E#8E808E

#8E808E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.027 H 325.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E808E
RGB	rgb(142, 128, 142)
HSL	hsl(300, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(300, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 7.98, -5.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 9.74, 324.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.022 -0.0149)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.027 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7563, 23.1424, 28.8014)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E808E #808E80

analogous

#87808E #8E808E #8E8087

triadic

#8E808E #8E8E80 #808E8E

tetradic

#8E808E #8E8780 #808E80 #80878E

square

#8E808E #8E8780 #808E80 #80878E

split-complementary

#8E808E #878E80 #808E87

monochromatic

#4E454E #6E626E #8E808E #ABA0AB #C8C1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E808E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8E808E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E808E

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E808E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E808E	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82858D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e808e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 128, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.027 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa4af',
    500: '#8e808e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e808e;
$custom-light: #afa4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e808e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61698,
    "c": 0.02651,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E808E

secondary

#B2B8B2

accent

#AF7979

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E808E

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

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