#8A8979#8A8979

#8A8979 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.023 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8979
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -2.59, 8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 9.10, 106.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0057 0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.023 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8777, 24.6752, 21.6430)
Luminance	0.2467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8979 #797A8A

analogous

#8A8079 #8A8979 #828A79

triadic

#8A8979 #798A89 #89798A

tetradic

#8A8979 #798A80 #797A8A #8A7982

square

#8A8979 #798A80 #797A8A #8A7982

split-complementary

#8A8979 #79828A #80798A

monochromatic

#494840 #6A695C #8A8979 #A7A69A #C3C3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8A8979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A8979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8979

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8979	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.023 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab9f',
    500: '#8a8979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8979;
$custom-light: #acab9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6263,
    "c": 0.02336,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8979

secondary

#ACACB3

accent

#7BB078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8979

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

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