#8A8478#8A8478

#8A8478 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.019 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8478
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 120)
HSL	hsl(40, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 0.06, 7.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 7.28, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% 0.0018 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.019 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1224, 23.2621, 21.0903)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8478 #787E8A

analogous

#8A7B78 #8A8478 #878A78

triadic

#8A8478 #788A84 #84788A

tetradic

#8A8478 #788A7B #787E8A #8A7887

square

#8A8478 #788A7B #787E8A #8A7887

split-complementary

#8A8478 #78878A #7B788A

monochromatic

#49453F #69655B #8A8478 #A6A299 #C3C0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8A8478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8A8478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8478

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8478	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.019 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca79f',
    500: '#8a8478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8478;
$custom-light: #aca79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61506,
    "c": 0.01908,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8478

secondary

#ABAEB3

accent

#8AB078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8478

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

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