#8A978D#8A978D

#8A978D is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.021 H 152.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A978D
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 141)
HSL	hsl(134, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(134, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 6.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -6.65, 3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 7.60, 151.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0185 0.0096)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.021 152.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3546, 29.4593, 29.4919)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A978D #978A94

analogous

#8E978A #8A978D #8A9794

triadic

#8A978D #8D8A97 #978D8A

tetradic

#8A978D #8A8E97 #978A94 #97948A

square

#8A978D #8A8E97 #978A94 #97948A

split-complementary

#8A978D #948A97 #978A8E

monochromatic

#4E5851 #6B796E #8A978D #AAB4AD #CBD1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A978D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#8A978D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A978D

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A978D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A978D	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)

#97958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95938D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a978d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.021 152.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5ae',
    500: '#8a978d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a978d;
$custom-light: #acb5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a978d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 133.846,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66293,
    "c": 0.02086,
    "h": 152.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A978D

secondary

#C1BCC0

accent

#79A2AF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A978D

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

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