#8A8879#8A8879

#8A8879 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.022 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8879
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -2.03, 8.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 8.57, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0041 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.022 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7362, 24.3923, 21.5959)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8879 #797B8A

analogous

#8A7F79 #8A8879 #838A79

triadic

#8A8879 #798A88 #88798A

tetradic

#8A8879 #798A7F #797B8A #8A7983

square

#8A8879 #798A7F #797B8A #8A7983

split-complementary

#8A8879 #79838A #7F798A

monochromatic

#494840 #6A685C #8A8879 #A7A59A #C3C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A8879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8A8879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8879

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8879	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.022 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaa9f',
    500: '#8a8879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8879;
$custom-light: #acaa9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6241,
    "c": 0.02203,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8879

secondary

#ACADB3

accent

#7FB078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8879

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

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