#897D8A#897D8A

#897D8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.024 H 323.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897D8A
RGB	rgb(137, 125, 138)
HSL	hsl(295, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 7.07, -5.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 8.88, 322.81°)
OKLab	oklab(60.47% 0.0193 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(60.47% 0.024 323.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2369, 21.8208, 27.0802)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897D8A #7E8A7D

analogous

#837D8A #897D8A #8A7D85

triadic

#897D8A #8A897D #7D8A89

tetradic

#897D8A #8A837D #7E8A7D #7D858A

square

#897D8A #8A837D #7E8A7D #7D858A

split-complementary

#897D8A #858A7D #7D8A83

monochromatic

#49434A #69606A #897D8A #A69DA7 #C3BDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#897D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#897D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897D8A

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897D8A	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C808B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 125, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.024 323.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba2ac',
    500: '#897d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897d8a;
$custom-light: #aba2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 5.263,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60472,
    "c": 0.024,
    "h": 323.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897D8A

secondary

#AFB4AF

accent

#AE797D

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #897D8A

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

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