#8A7D79#8A7D79

#8A7D79 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.017 H 37.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7D79
RGB	rgb(138, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(14, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 4.23, 3.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 5.81, 43.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0135 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.017 37.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2658, 21.4514, 21.1057)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7D79 #79868A

analogous

#8A797D #8A7D79 #8A8579

triadic

#8A7D79 #798A7D #7D798A

tetradic

#8A7D79 #7D8A79 #79868A #85798A

square

#8A7D79 #7D8A79 #79868A #85798A

split-complementary

#8A7D79 #798A85 #797D8A

monochromatic

#494240 #6A5F5C #8A7D79 #A79D9A #C3BCBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#8A7D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#8A7D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7D79

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7D79	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807E79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.017 37.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca29f',
    500: '#8a7d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7d79;
$custom-light: #aca29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60023,
    "c": 0.01712,
    "h": 37.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7D79

secondary

#ACB1B3

accent

#A3B078

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7D79

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

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