#8A787B#8A787B

#8A787B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.023 H 6.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A787B
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 123)
HSL	hsl(350, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(350, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 7.48, 0.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 7.54, 7.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.0225 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.023 6.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7726, 20.2667, 21.5527)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A787B #788A87

analogous

#8A7884 #8A787B #8A7E78

triadic

#8A787B #7B8A78 #787B8A

tetradic

#8A787B #848A78 #788A87 #7E788A

square

#8A787B #848A78 #788A87 #7E788A

split-complementary

#8A787B #788A7E #78848A

monochromatic

#493F41 #695B5E #8A787B #A6999B #C3BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8A787B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8A787B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A787B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A787B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A787B	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a787b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.023 6.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa1',
    500: '#8a787b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a787b;
$custom-light: #ac9fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a787b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59023,
    "c": 0.02268,
    "h": 6.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A787B

secondary

#ABB3B2

accent

#B0A778

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A787B

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

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