#8A978C#8A978C

#8A978C is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.022 H 149.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A978C
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(129, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(129, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.16, -6.84, 4.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.16, 8.03, 148.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.019 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.022 149.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2805, 29.4297, 29.1018)
Luminance	0.2943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A978C #978A95

analogous

#8F978A #8A978C #8A9793

triadic

#8A978C #8C8A97 #978C8A

tetradic

#8A978C #8A8F97 #978A95 #97938A

square

#8A978C #8A8F97 #978A95 #97938A

split-complementary

#8A978C #938A97 #978A8F

monochromatic

#4E5850 #6B796D #8A978C #AAB4AC #CBD1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#8A978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A978C

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A978C	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#899694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.022 149.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5ad',
    500: '#8a978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a978c;
$custom-light: #acb5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 129.231,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66264,
    "c": 0.0219,
    "h": 149.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A978C

secondary

#C1BCC0

accent

#79A7AF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A978C

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

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