#8E8281

Closest named color: Gray (#808080). oklch(61.7% 0.015 23.3), rgb(142, 130, 129).

Black text reads best on this color (5.66:1).

About this color

#8E8281 is a medium-dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 62%, its chroma 0.015. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Gray (#808080), ΔE 0.023 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.66:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-dark (62%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.015)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Gray (#808080)
Black text	5.66:1
White text	3.71:1

Values

HEX	#8E8281
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 129)
HSL	hsl(5, 5%, 53%)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.015 23.3)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #8E8281	3.71:1	AA large text	Lc -70.2	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8E8281	5.66:1	AA	Lc 39.4	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#8E8281 text on white	3.71:1	AA large text	Lc 64.7	Content text, not long reading
#8E8281 text on black	5.66:1	AA	Lc -37.0	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EBE9E9

oklch(93.6% 0.002 17.2)
Step 200
200

#DCD8D8

oklch(88.5% 0.004 17.2)
Step 300
300

#C5BFBE

oklch(80.9% 0.007 28.8)
Step 400
400

#A89E9D

oklch(70.7% 0.012 24.4)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8E8281

oklch(61.7% 0.015 23.3)
Step 600
600

#7D706F

oklch(55.7% 0.016 22.9)
Step 700
700

#695E5D

oklch(49.2% 0.014 23.9)
Step 800
800

#564C4C

oklch(42.6% 0.013 17.7)
Step 900
900

#47403F

oklch(37.8% 0.01 27.4)
Step 950
950

#292525

oklch(26.9% 0.006 17.5)

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#8E8281 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#848381	0.015
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#878581	0.013
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#918182	0.006
Achromatopsia (no color)	#858585	0.015

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #8E8281, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #8E8281 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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