#8E8A8A#8E8A8A

#8E8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.005 H 17.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A8A
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(0, 2%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(0, 3%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 1.48, 0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 1.57, 19.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0046 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.005 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8306, 25.7628, 27.7044)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A8A #8A8E8E

analogous

#8E8A8C #8E8A8A #8E8C8A

triadic

#8E8A8A #8A8E8A #8A8A8E

tetradic

#8E8A8A #8C8E8A #8A8E8E #8C8A8E

square

#8E8A8A #8C8E8A #8A8E8E #8C8A8E

split-complementary

#8E8A8A #8A8E8C #8A8C8E

monochromatic

#504D4D #6F6B6B #8E8A8A #ACA9A9 #CAC8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8E8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A8A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A8A	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.005 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afacac',
    500: '#8e8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a8a;
$custom-light: #afacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 1.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63687,
    "c": 0.00478,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A8A

secondary

#B9BBBB

accent

#ABAB7D

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#101010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A8A

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

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