#7E788E#7E788E

#7E788E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.034 H 297.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E788E
RGB	rgb(126, 120, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(256, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 6.86, -11.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 13.05, 301.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% 0.0158 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.034 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.2022, 19.8215, 28.3476)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E788E #888E78

analogous

#787D8E #7E788E #89788E

triadic

#7E788E #8E7E78 #788E7E

tetradic

#7E788E #8E787D #888E78 #788E89

square

#7E788E #8E787D #888E78 #788E89

split-complementary

#7E788E #8E8978 #7D8E78

monochromatic

#43404C #605B6D #7E788E #9E99AA #BEBBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#7E788E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#7E788E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E788E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E788E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E788E	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e788e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 120, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.034 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39faf',
    500: '#7e788e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e788e;
$custom-light: #a39faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e788e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 8.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58564,
    "c": 0.0339,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E788E

secondary

#B3B6AC

accent

#B276A2

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F3F2F4

border

#CDCCCE

text

#0F0E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E788E

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

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