#747E8E#747E8E

#747E8E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.027 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#747E8E
RGB	rgb(116, 126, 142)
HSL	hsl(217, 10%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(217, 18%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -0.12, -9.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 9.89, 269.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0048 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.027 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5446, 20.5873, 28.5300)
Luminance	0.2059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#747E8E #8E8474

analogous

#748B8E #747E8E #77748E

triadic

#747E8E #8E747E #7E8E74

tetradic

#747E8E #8E748B #8E8474 #748E77

square

#747E8E #8E748B #8E8474 #748E77

split-complementary

#747E8E #8E7774 #8B8E74

monochromatic

#3D424B #58606D #747E8E #969DA9 #B8BDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#747E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#747E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #747E8E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##747E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##747E8E	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)

#797F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E8183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #747e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 126, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.027 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ca3af',
    500: '#747e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #747e8e;
$custom-light: #9ca3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#747e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 10.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59035,
    "c": 0.02723,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#747E8E

secondary

#B5B0A9

accent

#9B75B3

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #747E8E

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

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