#8A978B#8A978B

#8A978B is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.023 H 147.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A978B
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 139)
HSL	hsl(125, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(125, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 7.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -7.04, 4.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 8.48, 146.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0194 0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.023 147.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2071, 29.4003, 28.7152)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A978B #978A96

analogous

#90978A #8A978B #8A9792

triadic

#8A978B #8B8A97 #978B8A

tetradic

#8A978B #8A9097 #978A96 #97928A

square

#8A978B #8A9097 #978A96 #97928A

split-complementary

#8A978B #928A97 #978A90

monochromatic

#4E584F #6B796C #8A978B #AAB4AB #CBD1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A978B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8A978B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A978B

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A978B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A978B	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a978b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.023 147.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5ac',
    500: '#8a978b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a978b;
$custom-light: #acb5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a978b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 124.615,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66235,
    "c": 0.02298,
    "h": 147.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A978B

secondary

#C1BCC1

accent

#79ABAF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A978B

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

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