#8E8A94#8E8A94

#8E8A94 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.015 H 304.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A94
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 148)
HSL	hsl(264, 4%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(264, 7%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, 3.46, -4.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 5.91, 305.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0086 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.015 304)
XYZ	xyz(25.5882, 26.0659, 31.6944)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A94 #90948A

analogous

#8A8B94 #8E8A94 #938A94

triadic

#8E8A94 #948E8A #8A948E

tetradic

#8E8A94 #948A8B #90948A #8A9493

square

#8E8A94 #948A8B #90948A #8A9493

split-complementary

#8E8A94 #94938A #8B948A

monochromatic

#514E55 #6F6B75 #8E8A94 #ADAAB1 #CCCACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8E8A94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8E8A94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A94

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A94	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888B94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.015 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afacb3',
    500: '#8e8a94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a94;
$custom-light: #afacb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 4.464,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64008,
    "c": 0.01541,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.26066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A94

secondary

#BDBFBB

accent

#AE7A99

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A94

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

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