#8A8977#8A8977

#8A8977 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.026 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8977
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 119)
HSL	hsl(57, 8%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 14%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 13.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, -2.93, 9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 10.23, 106.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.0066 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.026 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7563, 24.6267, 21.0038)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8977 #77788A

analogous

#8A7F77 #8A8977 #818A77

triadic

#8A8977 #778A89 #89778A

tetradic

#8A8977 #778A7F #77788A #8A7781

square

#8A8977 #778A7F #77788A #8A7781

split-complementary

#8A8977 #77818A #7F778A

monochromatic

#48483E #69685B #8A8977 #A6A698 #C3C2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A8977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8A8977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8977

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8977	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8684

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.026 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab9e',
    500: '#8a8977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8977;
$custom-light: #acab9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 7.51,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62576,
    "c": 0.02622,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8977

secondary

#AAABB3

accent

#7AB177

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8977

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

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