#8A978A#8A978A

#8A978A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.024 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A978A
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 138)
HSL	hsl(120, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(120, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 8.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -7.23, 5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 8.94, 143.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.21% -0.0198 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.21% 0.024 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1344, 29.3712, 28.3322)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A978A #978A97

analogous

#91978A #8A978A #8A9791

triadic

#8A978A #8A8A97 #978A8A

tetradic

#8A978A #8A9197 #978A97 #97918A

square

#8A978A #8A9197 #978A97 #97918A

split-complementary

#8A978A #918A97 #978A91

monochromatic

#4E584E #6B796B #8A978A #AAB4AA #CBD1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A978A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8A978A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A978A

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A978A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A978A	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a978a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.024 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5ac',
    500: '#8a978a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a978a;
$custom-light: #acb5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a978a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66207,
    "c": 0.0241,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A978A

secondary

#C1BCC1

accent

#79AFAF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A978A

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

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