#8A7C8E#8A7C8E

#8A7C8E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.031 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7C8E
RGB	rgb(138, 124, 142)
HSL	hsl(287, 7%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(287, 13%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 8.83, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 11.76, 318.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.0236 -0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.031 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5706, 21.7718, 28.5993)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7C8E #808E7C

analogous

#817C8E #8A7C8E #8E7C89

triadic

#8A7C8E #8E8A7C #7C8E8A

tetradic

#8A7C8E #8E817C #808E7C #7C898E

square

#8A7C8E #8E817C #808E7C #7C898E

split-complementary

#8A7C8E #898E7C #7C8E81

monochromatic

#4B434D #6B5F6E #8A7C8E #A79DAA #C5BEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#8A7C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#8A7C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7C8E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7C8E	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A808F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D818D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 124, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.031 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca2af',
    500: '#8a7c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7c8e;
$custom-light: #aca2af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 7.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60494,
    "c": 0.03145,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7C8E

secondary

#B1B7AF

accent

#B07784

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F4F2F4

border

#CECCCE

text

#100F10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7C8E

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

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