#8A7878#8A7878

#8A7878 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.022 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7878
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 120)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 6.94, 2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 7.40, 20.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% 0.0213 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.022 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5877, 20.1928, 20.5787)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7878 #788A8A

analogous

#8A7881 #8A7878 #8A8178

triadic

#8A7878 #788A78 #78788A

tetradic

#8A7878 #818A78 #788A8A #81788A

square

#8A7878 #818A78 #788A8A #81788A

split-complementary

#8A7878 #788A81 #78818A

monochromatic

#493F3F #695B5B #8A7878 #A69999 #C3BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#8A7878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#8A7878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7878

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7878	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7A78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7D78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.022 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9f9e',
    500: '#8a7878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7878;
$custom-light: #ac9f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58931,
    "c": 0.02236,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7878

secondary

#ABB3B3

accent

#B0B078

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7878

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

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