#8E8A86#8E8A86

#8E8A86 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.008 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A86
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 134)
HSL	hsl(30, 3%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 6%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 0.73, 2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 2.76, 74.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% 0.0029 0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.008 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5463, 25.6491, 26.2073)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A86 #868A8E

analogous

#8E8686 #8E8A86 #8E8E86

triadic

#8E8A86 #868E8A #8A868E

tetradic

#8E8A86 #868E86 #868A8E #8E868E

square

#8E8A86 #868E86 #868A8E #8E868E

split-complementary

#8E8A86 #868E8E #86868E

monochromatic

#4F4D4A #6F6B68 #8E8A86 #ACA9A6 #C9C7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#8E8A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8E8A86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A86

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A86	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8B86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.008 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaca9',
    500: '#8e8a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a86;
$custom-light: #afaca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 3.419,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63565,
    "c": 0.00761,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A86

secondary

#B6B8BA

accent

#94AD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A86

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

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