#8A7985#8A7985

#8A7985 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.027 H 336.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7985
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 133)
HSL	hsl(318, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(318, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.70, 8.78, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.70, 9.70, 334.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.025 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.027 336.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5518, 20.7718, 25.0598)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7985 #798A7E

analogous

#86798A #8A7985 #8A797C

triadic

#8A7985 #858A79 #79858A

tetradic

#8A7985 #8A8679 #798A7E #797C8A

square

#8A7985 #8A8679 #798A7E #797C8A

split-complementary

#8A7985 #7C8A79 #798A86

monochromatic

#494046 #6A5C66 #8A7985 #A79AA3 #C3BAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8A7985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8A7985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7985

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7985	1.00	4.07	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7F84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.027 336.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fa8',
    500: '#8a7985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7985;
$custom-light: #ac9fa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 317.647,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59557,
    "c": 0.02722,
    "h": 336.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7985

secondary

#ACB3AE

accent

#B08878

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7985

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

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