#8A7979#8A7979

#8A7979 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.021 H 17.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7979
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 121)
HSL	hsl(0, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 6.54, 2.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 6.97, 20.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.0201 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.021 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7696, 20.4590, 20.9403)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7979 #798A8A

analogous

#8A7981 #8A7979 #8A8179

triadic

#8A7979 #798A79 #79798A

tetradic

#8A7979 #818A79 #798A8A #81798A

square

#8A7979 #818A79 #798A8A #81798A

split-complementary

#8A7979 #798A81 #79818A

monochromatic

#494040 #6A5C5C #8A7979 #A79A9A #C3BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8A7979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#8A7979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7979

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7979	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807E79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.021 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9f9f',
    500: '#8a7979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7979;
$custom-light: #ac9f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59172,
    "c": 0.02107,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7979

secondary

#ACB3B3

accent

#B0B078

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7979

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

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