#8A7983#8A7983

#8A7983 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.025 H 341.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7983
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 131)
HSL	hsl(325, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(325, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 5.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.64, 8.39, -3.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.64, 8.93, 340.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.0242 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.025 341.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4149, 20.7171, 24.3390)
Luminance	0.2072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7983 #798A80

analogous

#88798A #8A7983 #8A797A

triadic

#8A7983 #838A79 #79838A

tetradic

#8A7983 #8A8879 #798A80 #797A8A

square

#8A7983 #8A8879 #798A80 #797A8A

split-complementary

#8A7983 #7A8A79 #798A88

monochromatic

#494045 #6A5C64 #8A7983 #A79AA1 #C3BABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A7983 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#8A7983 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7983

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7983	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7983	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C797C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7983;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.025 341.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa7',
    500: '#8a7983',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7983;
$custom-light: #ac9fa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7983",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 324.706,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5949,
    "c": 0.02544,
    "h": 341.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7983

secondary

#ACB3AF

accent

#B08F78

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7983

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

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