#7E7280#7E7280

#7E7280 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.026 H 321.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7280
RGB	rgb(126, 114, 128)
HSL	hsl(291, 6%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(291, 11%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 10.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 7.39, -5.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 9.52, 320.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.77% 0.02 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(56.77% 0.026 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5172, 18.0289, 22.9223)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7280 #748072

analogous

#777280 #7E7280 #80727B

triadic

#7E7280 #807E72 #72807E

tetradic

#7E7280 #807772 #748072 #727B80

square

#7E7280 #807772 #748072 #727B80

split-complementary

#7E7280 #7B8072 #728077

monochromatic

#3E383F #5E5560 #7E7280 #9C929E #B9B2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#7E7280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#7E7280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7280

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7280	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73767F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 114, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.026 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39aa4',
    500: '#7e7280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7280;
$custom-light: #a39aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.429,
    "s": 5.785,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56773,
    "c": 0.0256,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7280

secondary

#A4AAA3

accent

#AF7981

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F3F2F4

border

#CDCCCE

text

#0F0E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7280

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

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