#7C8A8A#7C8A8A

#7C8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.016 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C8A8A
RGB	rgb(124, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 10%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -5.06, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 5.35, 198.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0156 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.016 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9870, 24.2966, 27.5712)
Luminance	0.2430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C8A8A #8A7C7C

analogous

#7C8A83 #7C8A8A #7C838A

triadic

#7C8A8A #8A7C8A #8A8A7C

tetradic

#7C8A8A #837C8A #8A7C7C #838A7C

square

#7C8A8A #837C8A #8A7C7C #838A7C

split-complementary

#7C8A8A #8A7C83 #8A837C

monochromatic

#424A4A #5F6A6A #7C8A8A #9CA7A7 #BDC4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#7C8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#7C8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7C8A8A

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7C8A8A	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88888A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.016 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2acac',
    500: '#7c8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c8a8a;
$custom-light: #a2acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 5.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62208,
    "c": 0.01631,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C8A8A

secondary

#B4AEAE

accent

#7979AF

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C8A8A

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

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