#8A798C#8A798C

#8A798C is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.035 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A798C
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 140)
HSL	hsl(294, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(294, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 13.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, 10.17, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 12.87, 322.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.0277 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.035 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0516, 20.9718, 27.6921)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A798C #7B8C79

analogous

#80798C #8A798C #8C7984

triadic

#8A798C #8C8A79 #798C8A

tetradic

#8A798C #8C8079 #7B8C79 #79848C

square

#8A798C #8C8079 #7B8C79 #79848C

split-complementary

#8A798C #848C79 #798C80

monochromatic

#49404B #6A5C6C #8A798C #A79AA8 #C4BBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8A798C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8A798C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A798C

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A798C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A798C	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	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)

#787D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a798c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.035 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9fad',
    500: '#8a798c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a798c;
$custom-light: #ac9fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a798c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.684,
    "s": 7.631,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59801,
    "c": 0.03477,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A798C

secondary

#ADB5AC

accent

#B1777D

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A798C

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

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