#8A8C7E#8A8C7E

#8A8C7E is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.021 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C7E
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 126)
HSL	hsl(69, 6%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 10%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 10%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -3.38, 7.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 7.98, 115.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0082 0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.021 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6247, 25.6659, 23.4440)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C7E #807E8C

analogous

#8C877E #8A8C7E #838C7E

triadic

#8A8C7E #7E8A8C #8C7E8A

tetradic

#8A8C7E #7E8C87 #807E8C #8C7E83

square

#8A8C7E #7E8C87 #807E8C #8C7E83

split-complementary

#8A8C7E #7E838C #877E8C

monochromatic

#4B4C44 #6B6C61 #8A8C7E #A7A99E #C5C6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A8C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8A8C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C7E

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C7E	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8A7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.021 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acada3',
    500: '#8a8c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c7e;
$custom-light: #acada3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 5.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63428,
    "c": 0.02055,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C7E

secondary

#B1B0B6

accent

#79AF81

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F4F4F3

border

#CECECD

text

#10100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C7E

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

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