#8A788A#8A788A

#8A788A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.034 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A788A
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 10.35, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 12.62, 325.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.52% 0.0285 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(59.52% 0.034 326)
XYZ	xyz(21.7845, 20.6715, 26.8822)
Luminance	0.2067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A788A #788A78

analogous

#81788A #8A788A #8A7881

triadic

#8A788A #8A8A78 #788A8A

tetradic

#8A788A #8A8178 #788A78 #78818A

square

#8A788A #8A8178 #788A78 #78818A

split-complementary

#8A788A #818A78 #788A81

monochromatic

#493F49 #695B69 #8A788A #A699A6 #C3BAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#8A788A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#8A788A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A788A

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A788A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A788A	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a788a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.034 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fac',
    500: '#8a788a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a788a;
$custom-light: #ac9fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a788a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59523,
    "c": 0.03438,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.20671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A788A

secondary

#ABB3AB

accent

#B07878

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A788A

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

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