#8E8A96#8E8A96

#8E8A96 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.018 H 301.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A96
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(260, 5%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(260, 8%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, 3.87, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 7.01, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% 0.0094 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.018 301)
XYZ	xyz(25.7478, 26.1297, 32.5353)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A96 #92968A

analogous

#8A8C96 #8E8A96 #948A96

triadic

#8E8A96 #968E8A #8A968E

tetradic

#8E8A96 #968A8C #92968A #8A9694

square

#8E8A96 #968A8C #92968A #8A9694

split-complementary

#8E8A96 #96948A #8C968A

monochromatic

#514E57 #6F6B78 #8E8A96 #ADAAB3 #CCCBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#8E8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#8E8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A96

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A96	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888C97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.018 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afacb4',
    500: '#8e8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a96;
$custom-light: #afacb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 5.405,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64075,
    "c": 0.01824,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.2613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A96

secondary

#BFC0BB

accent

#AF799D

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#101011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A96

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

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