#8E8A80#8E8A80

#8E8A80 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.015 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A80
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 128)
HSL	hsl(43, 6%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 10%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 9.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -0.37, 5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 5.89, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% 0.0003 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.015 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1397, 25.4865, 24.0656)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A80 #80848E

analogous

#8E8380 #8E8A80 #8B8E80

triadic

#8E8A80 #808E8A #8A808E

tetradic

#8E8A80 #808E83 #80848E #8E808B

square

#8E8A80 #808E83 #80848E #8E808B

split-complementary

#8E8A80 #808B8E #83808E

monochromatic

#4E4C45 #6E6B62 #8E8A80 #ABA8A0 #C8C6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8E8A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8E8A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A80

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A80	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8A7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.015 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaca4',
    500: '#8e8a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a80;
$custom-light: #afaca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 5.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63391,
    "c": 0.01539,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A80

secondary

#B2B4B8

accent

#88AF79

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A80

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

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