#8E989E#8E989E

#8E989E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.015 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E989E
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 8%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(203, 10%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, -2.34, -4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 4.96, 241.88°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0086 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.015 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5538, 30.6755, 36.7577)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E989E #9E948E

analogous

#8E9E9C #8E989E #8E909E

triadic

#8E989E #9E8E98 #989E8E

tetradic

#8E989E #9C8E9E #9E948E #909E8E

square

#8E989E #9C8E9E #9E948E #909E8E

split-complementary

#8E989E #9E8E90 #9E9C8E

monochromatic

#525A60 #6E7A80 #8E989E #AFB6BA #D0D4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8E989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#8E989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E989E

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E989E	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93969E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A9A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.015 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb6ba',
    500: '#8e989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e989e;
$custom-light: #afb6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 7.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67351,
    "c": 0.01456,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E989E

secondary

#C7C3C1

accent

#8D77B1

background

#FAFBFB

surface

#F4F6F6

border

#CED0D0

text

#101111

muted

#7F8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E989E

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

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