#7E697B#7E697B

#7E697B is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.038 H 330.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E697B
RGB	rgb(126, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(309, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(309, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 2.4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.93, 11.71, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.93, 13.58, 329.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.0328 -0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.038 330.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2305, 15.9692, 20.9097)
Luminance	0.1597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E697B #697E6C

analogous

#76697E #7E697B #7E6970

triadic

#7E697B #7B7E69 #697B7E

tetradic

#7E697B #7E7669 #697E6C #69707E

square

#7E697B #7E7669 #697E6C #69707E

split-complementary

#7E697B #707E69 #697E76

monochromatic

#3B313A #5D4D5A #7E697B #9C8899 #B8AAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#7E697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#7E697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E697B

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E697B	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D707A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#806A6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.038 330.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a394a1',
    500: '#7e697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e697b;
$custom-light: #a394a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54703,
    "c": 0.03758,
    "h": 330.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E697B

secondary

#9BA79D

accent

#B27E76

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F3F1F2

border

#CDCBCC

text

#0F0D0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E697B

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

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