#8A787D#8A787D

#8A787D is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.023 H 359.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A787D
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 125)
HSL	hsl(343, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(343, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 7.85, -0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 7.85, 358.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% 0.0234 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.023 359.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8991, 20.3173, 22.2188)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A787D #788A85

analogous

#8A7886 #8A787D #8A7C78

triadic

#8A787D #7D8A78 #787D8A

tetradic

#8A787D #868A78 #788A85 #7C788A

square

#8A787D #868A78 #788A85 #7C788A

split-complementary

#8A787D #788A7C #78868A

monochromatic

#493F42 #695B5F #8A787D #A6999D #C3BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#8A787D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#8A787D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A787D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A787D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A787D	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)

#7A7B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a787d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.023 359.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa2',
    500: '#8a787d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a787d;
$custom-light: #ac9fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a787d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 343.333,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59086,
    "c": 0.02336,
    "h": 359.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A787D

secondary

#ABB3B1

accent

#B0A078

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A787D

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

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