#7E7A72#7E7A72

#7E7A72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.013 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7A72
RGB	rgb(126, 122, 114)
HSL	hsl(40, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.35, 0.00, 4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.35, 4.92, 89.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.0012 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.013 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6006, 19.5698, 18.7138)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7A72 #72767E

analogous

#7E7472 #7E7A72 #7C7E72

triadic

#7E7A72 #727E7A #7A727E

tetradic

#7E7A72 #727E74 #72767E #7E727C

square

#7E7A72 #727E74 #72767E #7E727C

split-complementary

#7E7A72 #727C7E #74727E

monochromatic

#3E3C38 #5E5B55 #7E7A72 #9C9891 #B9B6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#7E7A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#7E7A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7A72

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7A72	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7A72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 122, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.013 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a09a',
    500: '#7e7a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7a72;
$custom-light: #a3a09a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5806,
    "c": 0.01295,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7A72

secondary

#A3A5A9

accent

#8BAE7A

background

#FAF9F9

surface

#F3F2F2

border

#CDCCCC

text

#0F0E0E

muted

#7F7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7A72

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

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