#8A7977#8A7977

#8A7977 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.021 H 25.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7977
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 119)
HSL	hsl(6, 8%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(6, 14%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 13.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 6.19, 3.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 7.11, 29.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% 0.0192 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.021 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6482, 20.4104, 20.3011)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7977 #77888A

analogous

#8A777E #8A7977 #8A8277

triadic

#8A7977 #778A79 #79778A

tetradic

#8A7977 #7E8A77 #77888A #82778A

square

#8A7977 #7E8A77 #77888A #82778A

split-complementary

#8A7977 #778A82 #777E8A

monochromatic

#483F3E #695C5B #8A7977 #A69998 #C3BAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#8A7977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#8A7977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7977

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7977	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7B77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807E77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.021 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9f9e',
    500: '#8a7977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7977;
$custom-light: #ac9f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 7.51,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59112,
    "c": 0.02134,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7977

secondary

#AAB2B3

accent

#ABB177

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7977

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

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