#8E9686#8E9686

#8E9686 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.025 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9686
RGB	rgb(142, 150, 134)
HSL	hsl(90, 7%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(90, 11%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 10.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -5.95, 7.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 9.54, 128.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0156 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.025 128.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3641, 29.2846, 26.8132)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9686 #8E8696

analogous

#969686 #8E9686 #869686

triadic

#8E9686 #868E96 #96868E

tetradic

#8E9686 #869696 #8E8696 #968686

square

#8E9686 #869696 #8E8696 #968686

split-complementary

#8E9686 #868696 #968696

monochromatic

#51574B #6F7768 #8E9686 #ADB2A7 #CBCFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8E9686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#8E9686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9686

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9686	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989485

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 150, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.025 128.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4a9',
    500: '#8e9686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9686;
$custom-light: #afb4a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6619,
    "c": 0.02493,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9686

secondary

#BCB9BF

accent

#78B094

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9686

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

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