#7E798E#7E798E

#7E798E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.032 H 296.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E798E
RGB	rgb(126, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(254, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(254, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 6.28, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 12.39, 300.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.0143 -0.0289)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.032 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3231, 20.0633, 28.3879)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E798E #898E79

analogous

#797F8E #7E798E #89798E

triadic

#7E798E #8E7E79 #798E7E

tetradic

#7E798E #8E797F #898E79 #798E89

square

#7E798E #8E797F #898E79 #798E89

split-complementary

#7E798E #8E8979 #7F8E79

monochromatic

#43404C #605C6D #7E798E #9E9AAA #BEBBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#7E798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#7E798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E798E

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E798E	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.032 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39faf',
    500: '#7e798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e798e;
$custom-light: #a39faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.286,
    "s": 8.502,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58777,
    "c": 0.03219,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E798E

secondary

#B4B6AD

accent

#B276A3

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F3F2F4

border

#CDCCCE

text

#0F0E10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E798E

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