#8E9A8A#8E9A8A

#8E9A8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.027 H 137.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9A8A
RGB	rgb(142, 154, 138)
HSL	hsl(105, 7%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(105, 10%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 10.4%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, -7.40, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 10.15, 136.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.19% -0.0199 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(67.19% 0.027 137.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2975, 30.6968, 28.5268)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9A8A #968A9A

analogous

#969A8A #8E9A8A #8A9A8E

triadic

#8E9A8A #8A8E9A #9A8A8E

tetradic

#8E9A8A #8A969A #968A9A #9A8E8A

square

#8E9A8A #8A969A #968A9A #9A8E8A

split-complementary

#8E9A8A #8E8A9A #9A8A96

monochromatic

#525B4F #6F7C6B #8E9A8A #AEB6AB #CDD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#8E9A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#8E9A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9A8A

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9A8A	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)

#9B9789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99968B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E9995

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 154, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.027 137.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb7ac',
    500: '#8e9a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9a8a;
$custom-light: #afb7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105,
    "s": 7.339,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67187,
    "c": 0.02692,
    "h": 137.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9A8A

secondary

#C2BDC3

accent

#77B0A2

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9A8A

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

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