#8A978F#8A978F

#8A978F is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.019 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A978F
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 143)
HSL	hsl(143, 6%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(143, 9%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, -6.26, 2.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 6.78, 157.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% -0.0177 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.019 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5047, 29.5193, 30.2827)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A978F #978A92

analogous

#8C978A #8A978F #8A9796

triadic

#8A978F #8F8A97 #978F8A

tetradic

#8A978F #8A8C97 #978A92 #97968A

square

#8A978F #8A8C97 #978A92 #97968A

split-complementary

#8A978F #968A97 #978A8C

monochromatic

#4E5852 #6B7970 #8A978F #AAB4AE #CBD1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A978F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#8A978F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A978F

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A978F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A978F	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)

#97958F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94938F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#889795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a978f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.019 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb5af',
    500: '#8a978f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a978f;
$custom-light: #acb5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a978f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 143.077,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66352,
    "c": 0.01894,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A978F

secondary

#C1BCBF

accent

#799AAF

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#101110

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A978F

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

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