#8E787A#8E787A

#8E787A is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.027 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E787A
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 122)
HSL	hsl(355, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(355, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.50, 8.86, 2.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.50, 9.10, 13.20°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% 0.0269 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.027 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3845, 20.5895, 21.2563)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E787A #788E8C

analogous

#8E7885 #8E787A #8E8178

triadic

#8E787A #7A8E78 #787A8E

tetradic

#8E787A #858E78 #788E8C #81788E

square

#8E787A #858E78 #788E8C #81788E

split-complementary

#8E787A #788E81 #78858E

monochromatic

#4C4041 #6D5B5D #8E787A #AA999B #C6BBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#8E787A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#8E787A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E787A

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E787A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E787A	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#937679

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e787a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.027 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9fa0',
    500: '#8e787a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e787a;
$custom-light: #af9fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e787a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 8.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59386,
    "c": 0.02749,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E787A

secondary

#ACB6B5

accent

#B2AC76

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E787A

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

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