#8A7989#8A7989

#8A7989 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.031 H 327.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7989
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 137)
HSL	hsl(304, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, 9.57, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 11.44, 326.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.0265 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.031 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.8334, 20.8845, 26.5430)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7989 #798A7A

analogous

#82798A #8A7989 #8A7980

triadic

#8A7989 #898A79 #79898A

tetradic

#8A7989 #8A8279 #798A7A #79808A

square

#8A7989 #8A8279 #798A7A #79808A

split-complementary

#8A7989 #808A79 #798A82

monochromatic

#494048 #6A5C69 #8A7989 #A79AA6 #C3BAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#8A7989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8A7989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7989

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7989	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.031 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fab',
    500: '#8a7989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7989;
$custom-light: #ac9fab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.529,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59695,
    "c": 0.03133,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7989

secondary

#ACB3AC

accent

#B07B78

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7989

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

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