#897E8A#897E8A

#897E8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.022 H 323.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#897E8A
RGB	rgb(137, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(295, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(295, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 6.50, -4.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 8.18, 322.60°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.0177 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.022 323.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3642, 22.0752, 27.1226)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#897E8A #7F8A7E

analogous

#837E8A #897E8A #8A7E85

triadic

#897E8A #8A897E #7E8A89

tetradic

#897E8A #8A837E #7F8A7E #7E858A

square

#897E8A #8A837E #7F8A7E #7E858A

split-complementary

#897E8A #858A7E #7E8A83

monochromatic

#4A434A #6A606A #897E8A #A69EA7 #C4BEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#897E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#897E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #897E8A

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##897E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##897E8A	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D818B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F828A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #897e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(137, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.022 323.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba3ac',
    500: '#897e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #897e8a;
$custom-light: #aba3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#897e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 137,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60683,
    "c": 0.02209,
    "h": 323.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#897E8A

secondary

#B0B5AF

accent

#AE7A7E

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F3F4

border

#CECDCE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #897E8A

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

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