#7E697E#7E697E

#7E697E is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.041 H 326.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E697E
RGB	rgb(126, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(300, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(300, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 12.32, -8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 14.98, 325.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.81% 0.034 -0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(54.81% 0.041 326.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4212, 16.0455, 21.9140)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E697E #697E69

analogous

#73697E #7E697E #7E6973

triadic

#7E697E #7E7E69 #697E7E

tetradic

#7E697E #7E7369 #697E69 #69737E

square

#7E697E #7E7369 #697E69 #69737E

split-complementary

#7E697E #737E69 #697E73

monochromatic

#3B313B #5D4D5D #7E697E #9C889C #B8AAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#7E697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#7E697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E697E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E697E	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C707D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.041 326.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a394a3',
    500: '#7e697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e697e;
$custom-light: #a394a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54813,
    "c": 0.0409,
    "h": 326.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E697E

secondary

#9BA79B

accent

#B27676

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F3F1F3

border

#CDCBCD

text

#0F0D0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E697E

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