#8A8976#8A8976

#8A8976 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.028 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8976
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 118)
HSL	hsl(57, 8%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 14%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 14.5%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -3.10, 10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 10.80, 106.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.55% -0.007 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(62.55% 0.028 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6966, 24.6028, 20.6892)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8976 #76778A

analogous

#8A7F76 #8A8976 #818A76

triadic

#8A8976 #768A89 #89768A

tetradic

#8A8976 #768A7F #76778A #8A7681

square

#8A8976 #768A7F #76778A #8A7681

split-complementary

#8A8976 #76818A #7F768A

monochromatic

#48483E #69685A #8A8976 #A6A597 #C2C2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8A8976 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8976

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8976	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.028 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab9d',
    500: '#8a8976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8976;
$custom-light: #acab9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 7.874,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6255,
    "c": 0.02765,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8976

secondary

#A9AAB2

accent

#7AB177

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8976

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

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