#8A8779#8A8779

#8A8779 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.021 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8779
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.20, -1.46, 7.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.20, 8.06, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.19% -0.0025 0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(62.19% 0.021 97)
XYZ	xyz(22.5961, 24.1119, 21.5491)
Luminance	0.2411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8779 #797C8A

analogous

#8A7E79 #8A8779 #848A79

triadic

#8A8779 #798A87 #87798A

tetradic

#8A8779 #798A7E #797C8A #8A7984

square

#8A8779 #798A7E #797C8A #8A7984

split-complementary

#8A8779 #79848A #7E798A

monochromatic

#494740 #6A675C #8A8779 #A7A49A #C3C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#8A8779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#8A8779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8779

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8779	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.021 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca99f',
    500: '#8a8779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8779;
$custom-light: #aca99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6219,
    "c": 0.0208,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.24112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8779

secondary

#ACADB3

accent

#82B078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8779

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

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