#8A7E7E#8A7E7E

#8A7E7E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.015 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7E7E
RGB	rgb(138, 126, 126)
HSL	hsl(0, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(0, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 4.56, 1.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 4.85, 19.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.014 0.0044)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.015 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7076, 21.8317, 22.8050)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7E7E #7E8A8A

analogous

#8A7E84 #8A7E7E #8A847E

triadic

#8A7E7E #7E8A7E #7E7E8A

tetradic

#8A7E7E #848A7E #7E8A8A #847E8A

square

#8A7E7E #848A7E #7E8A8A #847E8A

split-complementary

#8A7E7E #7E8A84 #7E848A

monochromatic

#4A4343 #6A6060 #8A7E7E #A79E9E #C4BEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#8A7E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#8A7E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7E7E

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7E7E	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83827E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 126, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.015 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca3a3',
    500: '#8a7e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7e7e;
$custom-light: #aca3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60387,
    "c": 0.01469,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7E7E

secondary

#AFB5B5

accent

#AEAE7A

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F3F3

border

#CECDCD

text

#100F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7E7E

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

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