#8A787C#8A787C

#8A787C is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.023 H 2.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A787C
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 124)
HSL	hsl(347, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(347, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 7.66, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 7.67, 2.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% 0.023 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.023 2.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8355, 20.2919, 21.8840)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A787C #788A86

analogous

#8A7885 #8A787C #8A7D78

triadic

#8A787C #7C8A78 #787C8A

tetradic

#8A787C #858A78 #788A86 #7D788A

square

#8A787C #858A78 #788A86 #7D788A

split-complementary

#8A787C #788A7D #78858A

monochromatic

#493F41 #695B5E #8A787C #A6999C #C3BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A787C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8A787C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A787C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A787C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A787C	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a787c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.023 2.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa1',
    500: '#8a787c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a787c;
$custom-light: #ac9fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a787c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.667,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59055,
    "c": 0.02298,
    "h": 2.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A787C

secondary

#ABB3B1

accent

#B0A478

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A787C

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

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