#7E797E#7E797E

#7E797E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.010 H 325.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E797E
RGB	rgb(126, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(300, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 2.89, -2.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 3.54, 324.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.0079 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.01 325.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2069, 19.6168, 22.5092)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E797E #797E79

analogous

#7B797E #7E797E #7E797B

triadic

#7E797E #7E7E79 #797E7E

tetradic

#7E797E #7E7B79 #797E79 #797B7E

square

#7E797E #7E7B79 #797E79 #797B7E

split-complementary

#7E797E #7B7E79 #797E7B

monochromatic

#403D40 #5F5B5F #7E797E #9C989C #BAB7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#7E797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#7E797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E797E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E797E	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.010 325.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39fa3',
    500: '#7e797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e797e;
$custom-light: #a39fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 2.024,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58213,
    "c": 0.00961,
    "h": 325.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E797E

secondary

#A8ABA8

accent

#AB7D7D

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F3F2F3

border

#CDCCCD

text

#0F0E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E797E

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

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