#8A798B#8A798B

#8A798B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.034 H 324.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A798B
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 139)
HSL	hsl(297, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(297, 13%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, 9.97, -7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 12.39, 323.59°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0273 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.034 324.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9782, 20.9424, 27.3056)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A798B #7A8B79

analogous

#81798B #8A798B #8B7983

triadic

#8A798B #8B8A79 #798B8A

tetradic

#8A798B #8B8179 #7A8B79 #79838B

square

#8A798B #8B8179 #7A8B79 #79838B

split-complementary

#8A798B #838B79 #798B81

monochromatic

#49404A #6A5C6B #8A798B #A79AA7 #C3BBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8A798B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A798B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A798B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A798B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A798B	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a798b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.034 324.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fac',
    500: '#8a798b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a798b;
$custom-light: #ac9fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a798b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.667,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59765,
    "c": 0.03359,
    "h": 324.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A798B

secondary

#ACB4AC

accent

#B0787B

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A798B

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

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