#8E8490#8E8490

#8E8490 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.021 H 320.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8490
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 144)
HSL	hsl(290, 5%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(290, 8%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 6.08, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 7.91, 320.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.0164 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.021 320.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4399, 24.2671, 29.7767)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8490 #869084

analogous

#888490 #8E8490 #90848C

triadic

#8E8490 #908E84 #84908E

tetradic

#8E8490 #908884 #869084 #848C90

square

#8E8490 #908884 #869084 #848C90

split-complementary

#8E8490 #8C9084 #849088

monochromatic

#4F4951 #6F6671 #8E8490 #ACA4AD #C9C4CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8E8490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8E8490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8490

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8490	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.021 320.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa7b0',
    500: '#8e8490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8490;
$custom-light: #afa7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 5.128,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62604,
    "c": 0.02123,
    "h": 320.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8490

secondary

#B6BAB5

accent

#AE7A82

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8490

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

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