#8A8878#8A8878

#8A8878 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.023 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8878
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, -2.20, 8.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 9.13, 103.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0046 0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.023 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.6752, 24.3679, 21.2746)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8878 #787A8A

analogous

#8A7F78 #8A8878 #838A78

triadic

#8A8878 #788A88 #88788A

tetradic

#8A8878 #788A7F #787A8A #8A7883

square

#8A8878 #788A7F #787A8A #8A7883

split-complementary

#8A8878 #78838A #7F788A

monochromatic

#49483F #69685B #8A8878 #A6A599 #C3C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8A8878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8A8878 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8878

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8878	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.023 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaa9f',
    500: '#8a8878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8878;
$custom-light: #acaa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62383,
    "c": 0.02347,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8878

secondary

#ABACB3

accent

#7EB078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8878

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

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