#8A787E#8A787E

#8A787E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.024 H 355.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A787E
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 126)
HSL	hsl(340, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(340, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 8.03, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 8.06, 354.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.0238 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.024 355.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9633, 20.3430, 22.5569)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A787E #788A84

analogous

#8A7887 #8A787E #8A7B78

triadic

#8A787E #7E8A78 #787E8A

tetradic

#8A787E #878A78 #788A84 #7B788A

square

#8A787E #878A78 #788A84 #7B788A

split-complementary

#8A787E #788A7B #78878A

monochromatic

#493F42 #695B60 #8A787E #A6999D #C3BABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#8A787E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#8A787E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A787E

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A787E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A787E	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a787e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.024 355.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa3',
    500: '#8a787e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a787e;
$custom-light: #ac9fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a787e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59118,
    "c": 0.02384,
    "h": 355.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A787E

secondary

#ABB3B0

accent

#B09D78

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F3

border

#CECCCD

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A787E

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

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