#8A8178#8A8178

#8A8178 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.017 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8178
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 120)
HSL	hsl(30, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(30, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 1.76, 6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 6.35, 73.88°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.0066 0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.017 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7214, 22.4602, 20.9566)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8178 #78818A

analogous

#8A7878 #8A8178 #8A8A78

triadic

#8A8178 #788A81 #81788A

tetradic

#8A8178 #788A78 #78818A #8A788A

square

#8A8178 #788A78 #78818A #8A788A

split-complementary

#8A8178 #788A8A #78788A

monochromatic

#49443F #69625B #8A8178 #A6A099 #C3BEBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8A8178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8A8178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8178

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8178	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.017 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca59f',
    500: '#8a8178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8178;
$custom-light: #aca59f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60855,
    "c": 0.01727,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8178

secondary

#ABAFB3

accent

#94B078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8178

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

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