#8A797E#8A797E

#8A797E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.022 H 358.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A797E
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(342, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(342, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, 7.45, -0.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 7.46, 357.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.0221 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.022 358.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0842, 20.5848, 22.5972)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A797E #798A85

analogous

#8A7986 #8A797E #8A7C79

triadic

#8A797E #7E8A79 #797E8A

tetradic

#8A797E #868A79 #798A85 #7C798A

square

#8A797E #868A79 #798A85 #7C798A

split-complementary

#8A797E #798A7C #79868A

monochromatic

#494042 #6A5C60 #8A797E #A79A9D #C3BABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A797E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A797E	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.022 358.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa3',
    500: '#8a797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a797e;
$custom-light: #ac9fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 342.353,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59328,
    "c": 0.02214,
    "h": 358.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A797E

secondary

#ACB3B1

accent

#B09F78

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F3

border

#CECCCD

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A797E

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

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