#8E8A7C#8E8A7C

#8E8A7C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.021 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A7C
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 124)
HSL	hsl(47, 7%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 13%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 12.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -1.07, 8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 8.10, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0014 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.021 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8816, 25.3832, 22.7062)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A7C #7C808E

analogous

#8E817C #8E8A7C #898E7C

triadic

#8E8A7C #7C8E8A #8A7C8E

tetradic

#8E8A7C #7C8E81 #7C808E #8E7C89

square

#8E8A7C #7C8E81 #7C808E #8E7C89

split-complementary

#8E8A7C #7C898E #817C8E

monochromatic

#4D4B43 #6E6B5F #8E8A7C #AAA79D #C7C5BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8E8A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8E8A7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A7C

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A7C	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D897B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.021 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaca1',
    500: '#8e8a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a7c;
$custom-light: #afaca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 7.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6328,
    "c": 0.02095,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A7C

secondary

#AFB1B7

accent

#84B077

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A7C

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

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