#8A7E79#8A7E79

#8A7E79 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.017 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E79
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 3.66, 4.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 5.70, 50.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% 0.0119 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.017 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.3930, 21.7058, 21.1481)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E79 #79858A

analogous

#8A797C #8A7E79 #8A8679

triadic

#8A7E79 #798A7E #7E798A

tetradic

#8A7E79 #7C8A79 #79858A #86798A

square

#8A7E79 #7C8A79 #79858A #86798A

split-complementary

#8A7E79 #798A86 #797C8A

monochromatic

#494240 #6A605C #8A7E79 #A79D9A #C3BDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#8A7E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#8A7E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E79

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E79	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817F79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.017 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca39f',
    500: '#8a7e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e79;
$custom-light: #aca39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.647,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60237,
    "c": 0.01656,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E79

secondary

#ACB1B3

accent

#9FB078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F3F2

border

#CECDCC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E79

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

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