#8E968E#8E968E

#8E968E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.015 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E968E
RGB	rgb(142, 150, 142)
HSL	hsl(120, 4%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(120, 5%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, -4.45, 3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 5.50, 144.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0122 0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.015 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9433, 29.5163, 29.8637)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E968E #968E96

analogous

#92968E #8E968E #8E9692

triadic

#8E968E #8E8E96 #968E8E

tetradic

#8E968E #8E9296 #968E96 #96928E

square

#8E968E #8E9296 #968E96 #96928E

split-complementary

#8E968E #928E96 #968E92

monochromatic

#525852 #6F786F #8E968E #AEB3AE #CDD1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8E968E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#8E968E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E968E

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E968E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E968E	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e968e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 150, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.015 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb4af',
    500: '#8e968e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e968e;
$custom-light: #afb4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e968e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 3.67,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66417,
    "c": 0.01485,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E968E

secondary

#C2BEC2

accent

#7BADAD

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E968E

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

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