#8A7A7A#8A7A7A

#8A7A7A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.020 H 17.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A7A
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 122)
HSL	hsl(0, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(0, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 11.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 6.14, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 6.54, 20.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.41% 0.0188 0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(59.41% 0.02 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9534, 20.7279, 21.3057)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A7A #7A8A8A

analogous

#8A7A82 #8A7A7A #8A827A

triadic

#8A7A7A #7A8A7A #7A7A8A

tetradic

#8A7A7A #828A7A #7A8A8A #827A8A

square

#8A7A7A #828A7A #7A8A8A #827A8A

split-complementary

#8A7A7A #7A8A82 #7A828A

monochromatic

#494040 #6A5D5D #8A7A7A #A79B9B #C3BBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A7A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8A7A7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A7A

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A7A	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	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)

#7D7C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.020 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca0a0',
    500: '#8a7a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a7a;
$custom-light: #aca0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 6.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59414,
    "c": 0.01978,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A7A

secondary

#ACB3B3

accent

#AFAF78

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A7A

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

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