#7C8E8A#7C8E8A

#7C8E8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.022 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7C8E8A
RGB	rgb(124, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(167, 7%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(167, 13%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -7.29, -0.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 7.29, 180.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0216 -0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.022 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5715, 25.4656, 27.7660)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7C8E8A #8E7C80

analogous

#7C8E81 #7C8E8A #7C898E

triadic

#7C8E8A #8A7C8E #8E8A7C

tetradic

#7C8E8A #817C8E #8E7C80 #898E7C

square

#7C8E8A #817C8E #8E7C80 #898E7C

split-complementary

#7C8E8A #8E7C89 #8E817C

monochromatic

#434D4B #5F6E6B #7C8E8A #9DAAA7 #BEC7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#7C8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#7C8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7C8E8A

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7C8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7C8E8A	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89898A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7c8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(124, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.022 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a2afac',
    500: '#7c8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7c8e8a;
$custom-light: #a2afac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7c8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 124,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 7.377,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63112,
    "c": 0.02157,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7C8E8A

secondary

#B7AFB1

accent

#7784B0

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7C8E8A

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

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