#8A7980#8A7980

#8A7980 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.023 H 351.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7980
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 128)
HSL	hsl(335, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(335, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.55, 7.82, -1.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.55, 7.95, 349.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.023 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.023 351)
XYZ	xyz(21.2145, 20.6369, 23.2837)
Luminance	0.2064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7980 #798A83

analogous

#8A7988 #8A7980 #8A7A79

triadic

#8A7980 #808A79 #79808A

tetradic

#8A7980 #888A79 #798A83 #7A798A

square

#8A7980 #888A79 #798A83 #7A798A

split-complementary

#8A7980 #798A7A #79888A

monochromatic

#494043 #6A5C62 #8A7980 #A79A9F #C3BABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8A7980 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#8A7980 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7980

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7980	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7980	1.00	4.10	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7E80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7980;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.023 351.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa4',
    500: '#8a7980',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7980;
$custom-light: #ac9fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7980",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 335.294,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59392,
    "c": 0.02324,
    "h": 351
  },
  "luminance": 0.20637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7980

secondary

#ACB3B0

accent

#B09978

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7980

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

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