#8A8079#8A8079

#8A8079 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.016 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8079
RGB	rgb(138, 128, 121)
HSL	hsl(25, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(25, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.2%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.26, 2.51, 5.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.26, 5.74, 64.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.0087 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.016 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6513, 22.2224, 21.2342)
Luminance	0.2222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8079 #79838A

analogous

#8A797A #8A8079 #8A8879

triadic

#8A8079 #798A80 #80798A

tetradic

#8A8079 #7A8A79 #79838A #88798A

square

#8A8079 #7A8A79 #79838A #88798A

split-complementary

#8A8079 #798A88 #797A8A

monochromatic

#494340 #6A625C #8A8079 #A79F9A #C3BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#8A8079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#8A8079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8079

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8079	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 128, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.016 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca49f',
    500: '#8a8079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8079;
$custom-light: #aca49f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60667,
    "c": 0.01608,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8079

secondary

#ACB0B3

accent

#99B078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8079

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

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