#8A8978#8A8978

#8A8978 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.025 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8978
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 120)
HSL	hsl(57, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, -2.76, 9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 9.66, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% -0.0061 0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.025 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8167, 24.6508, 21.3217)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8978 #78798A

analogous

#8A8078 #8A8978 #828A78

triadic

#8A8978 #788A89 #89788A

tetradic

#8A8978 #788A80 #78798A #8A7882

square

#8A8978 #788A80 #78798A #8A7882

split-complementary

#8A8978 #78828A #80788A

monochromatic

#49483F #69695B #8A8978 #A6A699 #C3C2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A8978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#8A8978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8978

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8978	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)

#8C8877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.025 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab9f',
    500: '#8a8978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8978;
$custom-light: #acab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62603,
    "c": 0.02479,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8978

secondary

#ABABB3

accent

#7BB078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8978

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

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