#8E949E#8E949E

#8E949E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.016 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E949E
RGB	rgb(142, 148, 158)
HSL	hsl(218, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(218, 10%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -0.11, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 6.01, 268.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0026 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.016 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9155, 29.3989, 36.5450)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E949E #9E988E

analogous

#8E9C9E #8E949E #908E9E

triadic

#8E949E #9E8E94 #949E8E

tetradic

#8E949E #9E8E9C #9E988E #8E9E90

square

#8E949E #9E8E9C #9E988E #8E9E90

split-complementary

#8E949E #9E908E #9C9E8E

monochromatic

#525760 #6E7580 #8E949E #AFB3BA #D0D2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8E949E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8E949E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E949E

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E949E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E949E	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F939E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e949e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 148, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.016 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb3ba',
    500: '#8e949e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e949e;
$custom-light: #afb3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e949e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 7.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66485,
    "c": 0.01634,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E949E

secondary

#C7C5C1

accent

#9B77B1

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E949E

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

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