#8E8484#8E8484

#8E8484 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.012 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8484
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(0, 7%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, 3.76, 1.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 4.00, 19.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.0116 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.012 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5710, 23.9195, 25.2005)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8484 #848E8E

analogous

#8E8489 #8E8484 #8E8984

triadic

#8E8484 #848E84 #84848E

tetradic

#8E8484 #898E84 #848E8E #89848E

square

#8E8484 #898E84 #848E8E #89848E

split-complementary

#8E8484 #848E89 #84898E

monochromatic

#4F4949 #6F6666 #8E8484 #ABA4A4 #C9C4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8E8484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#8E8484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8484

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8484	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908384

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.012 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa7a7',
    500: '#8e8484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8484;
$custom-light: #afa7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62218,
    "c": 0.01211,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8484

secondary

#B5B9B9

accent

#ADAD7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8484

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

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