#8F797B#8F797B

#8F797B is a mid, muted red. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.027 H 11.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F797B
RGB	rgb(143, 121, 123)
HSL	hsl(355, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(355, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 14%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.89, 8.85, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.89, 9.08, 13.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0269 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.027 11.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7401, 20.9450, 21.6326)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F797B #798F8D

analogous

#8F7986 #8F797B #8F8279

triadic

#8F797B #7B8F79 #797B8F

tetradic

#8F797B #868F79 #798F8D #82798F

square

#8F797B #868F79 #798F8D #82798F

split-complementary

#8F797B #798F82 #79868F

monochromatic

#4D4042 #6E5C5E #8F797B #AB9A9C #C7BCBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8F797B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#8F797B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F797B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F797B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F797B	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7C7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81807B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f797b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 121, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.027 11.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09fa1',
    500: '#8f797b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f797b;
$custom-light: #b09fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f797b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 8.943,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59723,
    "c": 0.02745,
    "h": 11.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F797B

secondary

#ADB7B6

accent

#B2AC76

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F4F2F2

border

#CECCCC

text

#100E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F797B

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

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