#8A797D#8A797D

#8A797D is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.022 H 1.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A797D
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 125)
HSL	hsl(346, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(346, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 9.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 7.27, 0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 7.27, 1.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% 0.0217 0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.022 1.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0200, 20.5591, 22.2591)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A797D #798A86

analogous

#8A7985 #8A797D #8A7D79

triadic

#8A797D #7D8A79 #797D8A

tetradic

#8A797D #858A79 #798A86 #7D798A

square

#8A797D #858A79 #798A86 #7D798A

split-complementary

#8A797D #798A7D #79858A

monochromatic

#494042 #6A5C5F #8A797D #A79A9D #C3BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#8A797D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#8A797D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A797D

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A797D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A797D	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)

#7B7B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D787A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a797d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.022 1.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa2',
    500: '#8a797d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a797d;
$custom-light: #ac9fa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a797d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.882,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59296,
    "c": 0.02173,
    "h": 1.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A797D

secondary

#ACB3B1

accent

#B0A378

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A797D

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

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