#8A798A#8A798A

#8A798A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.032 H 326.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A798A
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 138)
HSL	hsl(300, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(300, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 9.77, -6.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 11.91, 325.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.0269 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.032 326)
XYZ	xyz(21.9054, 20.9133, 26.9225)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A798A #798A79

analogous

#81798A #8A798A #8A7981

triadic

#8A798A #8A8A79 #798A8A

tetradic

#8A798A #8A8179 #798A79 #79818A

square

#8A798A #8A8179 #798A79 #79818A

split-complementary

#8A798A #818A79 #798A81

monochromatic

#494049 #6A5C6A #8A798A #A79AA7 #C3BAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A798A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8A798A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A798A

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A798A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A798A	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#787D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a798a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.032 326.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fac',
    500: '#8a798a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a798a;
$custom-light: #ac9fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a798a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5973,
    "c": 0.03245,
    "h": 326
  },
  "luminance": 0.20913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A798A

secondary

#ACB3AC

accent

#B07878

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A798A

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

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