#8A8A78#8A8A78

#8A8A78 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.026 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A78
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 13%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 13%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, -3.32, 9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 10.21, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0077 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.026 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9595, 24.9365, 21.3693)
Luminance	0.2494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A78 #78788A

analogous

#8A8178 #8A8A78 #818A78

triadic

#8A8A78 #788A8A #8A788A

tetradic

#8A8A78 #788A81 #78788A #8A7881

square

#8A8A78 #788A81 #78788A #8A7881

split-complementary

#8A8A78 #78818A #81788A

monochromatic

#49493F #69695B #8A8A78 #A6A699 #C3C3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A78

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A78	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.026 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac9f',
    500: '#8a8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a78;
$custom-light: #acac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 7.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62824,
    "c": 0.02618,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A78

secondary

#ABABB3

accent

#78B078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A78

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

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