#8E8482#8E8482

#8E8482 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.013 H 31.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8482
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 130)
HSL	hsl(10, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(10, 8%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, 3.39, 2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 4.17, 35.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.0107 0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.013 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4354, 23.8653, 24.4867)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8482 #828C8E

analogous

#8E8286 #8E8482 #8E8A82

triadic

#8E8482 #828E84 #84828E

tetradic

#8E8482 #868E82 #828C8E #8A828E

square

#8E8482 #868E82 #828C8E #8A828E

split-complementary

#8E8482 #828E8A #82868E

monochromatic

#4F4847 #6F6664 #8E8482 #ABA4A2 #C8C3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8E8482 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8E8482 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8482

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8482	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8482	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8482;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.013 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa7a6',
    500: '#8e8482',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8482;
$custom-light: #afa7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8482",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 5.042,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62157,
    "c": 0.01252,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8482

secondary

#B3B8B8

accent

#A5AE7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8482

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

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