#7E7474#7E7474

#7E7474 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.012 H 17.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7474
RGB	rgb(126, 116, 116)
HSL	hsl(0, 4%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(0, 8%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 7.9%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.72, 3.85, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.72, 4.10, 19.88°)
OKLab	oklab(56.8% 0.0118 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(56.8% 0.012 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0016, 18.1876, 19.0818)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7474 #747E7E

analogous

#7E7479 #7E7474 #7E7974

triadic

#7E7474 #747E74 #74747E

tetradic

#7E7474 #797E74 #747E7E #79747E

square

#7E7474 #797E74 #747E7E #79747E

split-complementary

#7E7474 #747E79 #74797E

monochromatic

#3E3939 #5E5757 #7E7474 #9C9393 #B9B3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#7E7474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#7E7474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7474

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7474	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 116, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.012 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39c9c',
    500: '#7e7474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7474;
$custom-light: #a39c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 4.132,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56804,
    "c": 0.01241,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7474

secondary

#A4A9A9

accent

#ADAD7A

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F3F2F2

border

#CDCCCC

text

#0F0E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7474

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

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