#7E7A80#7E7A80

#7E7A80 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.010 H 314.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7A80
RGB	rgb(126, 122, 128)
HSL	hsl(280, 2%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(280, 5%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 4.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.74, 2.71, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.74, 3.85, 314.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.0072 -0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.01 314.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4594, 19.9133, 23.2364)
Luminance	0.1991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7A80 #7C807A

analogous

#7B7A80 #7E7A80 #807A7F

triadic

#7E7A80 #807E7A #7A807E

tetradic

#7E7A80 #807B7A #7C807A #7A7F80

square

#7E7A80 #807B7A #7C807A #7A7F80

split-complementary

#7E7A80 #7F807A #7A807B

monochromatic

#403E41 #5F5C61 #7E7A80 #9C999E #BBB9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#7E7A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#7E7A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7A80

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7A80	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E7B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 122, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.010 314.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a0a4',
    500: '#7e7a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7a80;
$custom-light: #a3a0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280,
    "s": 2.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58497,
    "c": 0.01018,
    "h": 314.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7A80

secondary

#AAACA9

accent

#AC7C8C

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F3F2F4

border

#CDCCCE

text

#0F0E0F

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7A80

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

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