#87787B#87787B

#87787B is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.019 H 4.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87787B
RGB	rgb(135, 120, 123)
HSL	hsl(348, 6%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(348, 11%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 8.9%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.85, 6.32, 0.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.85, 6.34, 4.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.019 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.019 4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2830, 20.0143, 21.5297)
Luminance	0.2001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87787B #788784

analogous

#877882 #87787B #877D78

triadic

#87787B #7B8778 #787B87

tetradic

#87787B #828778 #788784 #7D7887

square

#87787B #828778 #788784 #7D7887

split-complementary

#87787B #78877D #788287

monochromatic

#463E40 #675B5D #87787B #A4989B #C1B9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#87787B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#87787B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #87787B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87787B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87787B	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87787b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 120, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.019 4.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9fa1',
    500: '#87787b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87787b;
$custom-light: #aa9fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87787b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58734,
    "c": 0.01901,
    "h": 4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87787B

secondary

#AAB1AF

accent

#AFA479

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #87787B

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

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