#8A8A79#8A8A79

#8A8A79 is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.025 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A79
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 12.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -3.15, 9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 9.65, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0073 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.025 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.0205, 24.9609, 21.6906)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A79 #79798A

analogous

#8A8179 #8A8A79 #818A79

triadic

#8A8A79 #798A8A #8A798A

tetradic

#8A8A79 #798A81 #79798A #8A7981

square

#8A8A79 #798A81 #79798A #8A7981

split-complementary

#8A8A79 #79818A #81798A

monochromatic

#494940 #6A6A5C #8A8A79 #A7A79A #C3C3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8A8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A79

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A79	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#8D8878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E897A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.025 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac9f',
    500: '#8a8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a79;
$custom-light: #acac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6285,
    "c": 0.02475,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A79

secondary

#ACACB3

accent

#78B078

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A79

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

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