#8A978E#8A978E

#8A978E is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.020 H 155.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A978E
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 142)
HSL	hsl(138, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(138, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -6.45, 3.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 7.18, 154.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0181 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.02 155.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4293, 29.4892, 29.8855)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A978E #978A93

analogous

#8D978A #8A978E #8A9795

triadic

#8A978E #8E8A97 #978E8A

tetradic

#8A978E #8A8D97 #978A93 #97958A

square

#8A978E #8A8D97 #978A93 #97958A

split-complementary

#8A978E #958A97 #978A8D

monochromatic

#4E5851 #6B796F #8A978E #AAB4AD #CBD1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A978E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#8A978E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A978E

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A978E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A978E	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94938E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a978e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.020 155.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5af',
    500: '#8a978e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a978e;
$custom-light: #acb5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a978e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 138.462,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66322,
    "c": 0.01987,
    "h": 155.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A978E

secondary

#C1BCBF

accent

#799EAF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A978E

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

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