#8A797C#8A797C

#8A797C is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.021 H 5.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A797C
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 124)
HSL	hsl(349, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(349, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 10.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, 7.08, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 7.12, 6.18°)
OKLab	oklab(59.27% 0.0213 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(59.27% 0.021 5.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9564, 20.5337, 21.9243)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A797C #798A87

analogous

#8A7984 #8A797C #8A7E79

triadic

#8A797C #7C8A79 #797C8A

tetradic

#8A797C #848A79 #798A87 #7E798A

square

#8A797C #848A79 #798A87 #7E798A

split-complementary

#8A797C #798A7E #79848A

monochromatic

#494041 #6A5C5F #8A797C #A79A9C #C3BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8A797C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8A797C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A797C

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A797C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A797C	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a797c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.021 5.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa1',
    500: '#8a797c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a797c;
$custom-light: #ac9fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a797c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59265,
    "c": 0.02142,
    "h": 5.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A797C

secondary

#ACB3B2

accent

#B0A678

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A797C

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

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