#837C8A#837C8A

#837C8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.022 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#837C8A
RGB	rgb(131, 124, 138)
HSL	hsl(270, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(270, 10%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, 5.46, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 8.58, 309.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0139 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.022 308)
XYZ	xyz(21.1544, 21.0756, 26.9934)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#837C8A #838A7C

analogous

#7C7C8A #837C8A #8A7C8A

triadic

#837C8A #8A837C #7C8A83

tetradic

#837C8A #8A7C7C #838A7C #7C8A8A

square

#837C8A #8A7C7C #838A7C #7C8A8A

split-complementary

#837C8A #8A8A7C #7C8A7C

monochromatic

#46424A #645F6A #837C8A #A29CA7 #C0BDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#837C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#837C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #837C8A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##837C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##837C8A	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#827E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #837c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 124, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.022 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7a1ac',
    500: '#837c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #837c8a;
$custom-light: #a7a1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#837c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 5.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59716,
    "c": 0.02249,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.21076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#837C8A

secondary

#B1B4AE

accent

#AF7994

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#0F0F10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #837C8A

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

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