#8A7A7E#8A7A7E

#8A7A7E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.021 H 0.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A7E
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 126)
HSL	hsl(345, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(345, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, 6.87, 0.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 6.87, 0.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% 0.0205 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.021 0.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2063, 20.8291, 22.6379)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A7E #7A8A86

analogous

#8A7A86 #8A7A7E #8A7E7A

triadic

#8A7A7E #7E8A7A #7A7E8A

tetradic

#8A7A7E #868A7A #7A8A86 #7E7A8A

square

#8A7A7E #868A7A #7A8A86 #7E7A8A

split-complementary

#8A7A7E #7A8A7E #7A868A

monochromatic

#494043 #6A5D60 #8A7A7E #A79B9E #C3BBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8A7A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#8A7A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A7E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A7E	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7C7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.021 0.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca0a3',
    500: '#8a7a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a7e;
$custom-light: #aca0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345,
    "s": 6.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59538,
    "c": 0.0205,
    "h": 0.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A7E

secondary

#ACB3B2

accent

#AFA278

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F3

border

#CECCCD

text

#100E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A7E

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

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