#7E697F#7E697F

#7E697F is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.042 H 324.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E697F
RGB	rgb(126, 105, 127)
HSL	hsl(297, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(297, 17%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 12.53, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 15.47, 324.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% 0.0343 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.042 324.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4860, 16.0714, 22.2555)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E697F #6A7F69

analogous

#73697F #7E697F #7F6975

triadic

#7E697F #7F7E69 #697F7E

tetradic

#7E697F #7F7369 #6A7F69 #69757F

square

#7E697F #7F7369 #6A7F69 #69757F

split-complementary

#7E697F #757F69 #697F73

monochromatic

#3C323C #5D4D5D #7E697F #9C889D #B8AAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#7E697F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#7E697F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #7E697F

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E697F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##7E697F	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#676E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C707E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F6B70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e697f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 105, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.042 324.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a394a4',
    500: '#7e697f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e697f;
$custom-light: #a394a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e697f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.273,
    "s": 9.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54851,
    "c": 0.04206,
    "h": 324.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E697F

secondary

#9CA89C

accent

#B27578

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F3F1F4

border

#CDCBCE

text

#0F0D0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E697F

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

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