#8A8780#8A8780

#8A8780 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.011 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8780
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 128)
HSL	hsl(42, 4%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 7%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 7.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -0.21, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 4.16, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% 0.0005 0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.011 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.0410, 24.2899, 23.8925)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8780 #80838A

analogous

#8A8280 #8A8780 #888A80

triadic

#8A8780 #808A87 #87808A

tetradic

#8A8780 #808A82 #80838A #8A8088

square

#8A8780 #808A82 #80838A #8A8088

split-complementary

#8A8780 #80888A #82808A

monochromatic

#4B4945 #6B6862 #8A8780 #A7A5A0 #C5C3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A8780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#8A8780 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8780

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8780	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8685

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.011 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca9a4',
    500: '#8a8780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8780;
$custom-light: #aca9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 4.098,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62388,
    "c": 0.01093,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8780

secondary

#B1B2B5

accent

#8AAD7B

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F4

border

#CECECE

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8780

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

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