#7B8A8A#7B8A8A

#7B8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.017 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7B8A8A
RGB	rgb(123, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 11%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.9%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -5.42, -1.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 5.72, 198.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.13% -0.0167 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(62.13% 0.017 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8432, 24.2225, 27.5644)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7B8A8A #8A7B7B

analogous

#7B8A82 #7B8A8A #7B828A

triadic

#7B8A8A #8A7B8A #8A8A7B

tetradic

#7B8A8A #827B8A #8A7B7B #828A7B

square

#7B8A8A #827B8A #8A7B7B #828A7B

split-complementary

#7B8A8A #8A7B82 #8A827B

monochromatic

#414949 #5E6A6A #7B8A8A #9BA7A7 #BCC4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#7B8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#7B8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7B8A8A

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7B8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7B8A8A	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7b8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(123, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.017 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a1acac',
    500: '#7b8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7b8a8a;
$custom-light: #a1acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7b8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 123,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 6.024,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62131,
    "c": 0.01745,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7B8A8A

secondary

#B4ADAD

accent

#7979AF

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7B8A8A

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

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