#8A797F#8A797F

#8A797F is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.023 H 354.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A797F
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 127)
HSL	hsl(339, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(339, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 7.64, -0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 7.69, 353.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.0225 -0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.023 354.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1490, 20.6107, 22.9387)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A797F #798A84

analogous

#8A7987 #8A797F #8A7B79

triadic

#8A797F #7F8A79 #797F8A

tetradic

#8A797F #878A79 #798A84 #7B798A

square

#8A797F #878A79 #798A84 #7B798A

split-complementary

#8A797F #798A7B #79878A

monochromatic

#494043 #6A5C61 #8A797F #A79A9E #C3BABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A797F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8A797F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A797F

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A797F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A797F	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)

#7B7C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D787B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a797f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.023 354.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa4',
    500: '#8a797f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a797f;
$custom-light: #ac9fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a797f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.824,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5936,
    "c": 0.02265,
    "h": 354.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A797F

secondary

#ACB3B1

accent

#B09C78

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A797F

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

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