#7C8C8A#7C8C8A

#7C8C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.019 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C8C8A
RGB	rgb(124, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(173, 7%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 11%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -6.18, -0.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 6.25, 188.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0186 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.019 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2766, 24.8758, 27.6677)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C8C8A #8C7C7E

analogous

#7C8C82 #7C8C8A #7C868C

triadic

#7C8C8A #8A7C8C #8C8A7C

tetradic

#7C8C8A #827C8C #8C7C7E #868C7C

square

#7C8C8A #827C8C #8C7C7E #868C7C

split-complementary

#7C8C8A #8C7C86 #8C827C

monochromatic

#424B4A #5F6C6A #7C8C8A #9DA9A7 #BDC5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#7C8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#7C8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7C8C8A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7C8C8A	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.019 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2adac',
    500: '#7c8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c8c8a;
$custom-light: #a2adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 6.504,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62659,
    "c": 0.01876,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C8C8A

secondary

#B5AEAF

accent

#787FB0

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C8C8A

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

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