#8E989A#8E989A

#8E989A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.012 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E989A
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 154)
HSL	hsl(190, 6%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 8%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -3.17, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 3.91, 215.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0102 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.012 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2151, 30.5400, 34.9739)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E989A #9A908E

analogous

#8E9A96 #8E989A #8E929A

triadic

#8E989A #9A8E98 #989A8E

tetradic

#8E989A #968E9A #9A908E #929A8E

square

#8E989A #968E9A #9A908E #929A8E

split-complementary

#8E989A #9A8E92 #9A968E

monochromatic

#525A5C #6F7A7C #8E989A #AEB5B7 #CFD3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8E989A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#8E989A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E989A

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E989A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E989A	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96979A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94959A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e989a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.012 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6b7',
    500: '#8e989a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e989a;
$custom-light: #afb6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e989a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 5.607,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67222,
    "c": 0.01192,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E989A

secondary

#C4C0C0

accent

#8279AF

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E989A

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

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