#87787E#87787E

#87787E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.020 H 351.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87787E
RGB	rgb(135, 120, 126)
HSL	hsl(336, 6%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(336, 11%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 6.7%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, 6.88, -1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 6.98, 350.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% 0.0202 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.02 351.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4737, 20.0905, 22.5339)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#87787E #788781

analogous

#877885 #87787E #877A78

triadic

#87787E #7E8778 #787E87

tetradic

#87787E #858778 #788781 #7A7887

square

#87787E #858778 #788781 #7A7887

split-complementary

#87787E #78877A #788587

monochromatic

#463E42 #675B60 #87787E #A4989D #C1B9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#87787E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#87787E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #87787E

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87787E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87787E	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87787e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 120, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.020 351.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9fa3',
    500: '#87787e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87787e;
$custom-light: #aa9fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87787e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 336,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5883,
    "c": 0.02041,
    "h": 351.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87787E

secondary

#AAB1AE

accent

#AF9979

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F3

border

#CECCCD

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #87787E

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

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