#8E8286#8E8286

#8E8286 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.016 H 355.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8286
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 134)
HSL	hsl(340, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(340, 8%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 5.28, -0.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 5.30, 354.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.0156 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.016 355.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4405, 23.4376, 25.8387)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8286 #828E8A

analogous

#8E828C #8E8286 #8E8482

triadic

#8E8286 #868E82 #82868E

tetradic

#8E8286 #8C8E82 #828E8A #84828E

square

#8E8286 #8C8E82 #828E8A #84828E

split-complementary

#8E8286 #828E84 #828C8E

monochromatic

#4F474A #6F6468 #8E8286 #ABA2A5 #C8C2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8E8286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8E8286 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8286

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8286	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.016 355.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa6a9',
    500: '#8e8286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8286;
$custom-light: #afa6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 5.042,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61855,
    "c": 0.01562,
    "h": 355.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8286

secondary

#B3B8B7

accent

#AE9D7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8286

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

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