#8A797B#8A797B

#8A797B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.021 H 9.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A797B
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(353, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(353, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 10.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 6.90, 1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 7.02, 10.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.0209 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.021 9.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8935, 20.5085, 21.5930)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A797B #798A88

analogous

#8A7983 #8A797B #8A7F79

triadic

#8A797B #7B8A79 #797B8A

tetradic

#8A797B #838A79 #798A88 #7F798A

square

#8A797B #838A79 #798A88 #7F798A

split-complementary

#8A797B #798A7F #79838A

monochromatic

#494041 #6A5C5E #8A797B #A79A9B #C3BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8A797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8A797B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A797B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A797B	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.021 9.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa1',
    500: '#8a797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a797b;
$custom-light: #ac9fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59234,
    "c": 0.0212,
    "h": 9.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A797B

secondary

#ACB3B2

accent

#B0A978

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A797B

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

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