#8E8682#8E8682

#8E8682 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.011 H 48.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8682
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 130)
HSL	hsl(20, 5%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(20, 8%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 8.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, 2.25, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 3.93, 55.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% 0.0075 0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.011 48.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7093, 24.4130, 24.5779)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8682 #828A8E

analogous

#8E8284 #8E8682 #8E8C82

triadic

#8E8682 #828E86 #86828E

tetradic

#8E8682 #848E82 #828A8E #8C828E

square

#8E8682 #848E82 #828A8E #8C828E

split-complementary

#8E8682 #828E8C #82848E

monochromatic

#4F4A47 #6F6864 #8E8682 #ABA5A2 #C8C4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8E8682 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8E8682 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8682

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8682	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8682	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918585

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8682;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.011 48.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa9a6',
    500: '#8e8682',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8682;
$custom-light: #afa9a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8682",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 5.042,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62585,
    "c": 0.01137,
    "h": 48.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8682

secondary

#B3B7B8

accent

#9DAE7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8682

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

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