#897C8A#897C8A

#897C8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.026 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897C8A
RGB	rgb(137, 124, 138)
HSL	hsl(296, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(296, 10%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, 7.65, -5.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 9.58, 323.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.0209 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.026 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1110, 21.5689, 27.0382)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897C8A #7D8A7C

analogous

#827C8A #897C8A #8A7C84

triadic

#897C8A #8A897C #7C8A89

tetradic

#897C8A #8A827C #7D8A7C #7C848A

square

#897C8A #8A827C #7D8A7C #7C848A

split-complementary

#897C8A #848A7C #7C8A82

monochromatic

#49424A #695F6A #897C8A #A69CA7 #C3BDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#897C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#897C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897C8A

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897C8A	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 124, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.026 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba1ac',
    500: '#897c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897c8a;
$custom-light: #aba1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.714,
    "s": 5.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60262,
    "c": 0.02593,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897C8A

secondary

#AEB4AE

accent

#AF797D

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #897C8A

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

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