#7E7C8A#7E7C8A

#7E7C8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.021 H 292.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7C8A
RGB	rgb(126, 124, 138)
HSL	hsl(249, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(249, 10%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, 3.65, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 8.16, 296.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.008 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.021 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3984, 20.6858, 26.9579)
Luminance	0.2069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7C8A #888A7C

analogous

#7C818A #7E7C8A #857C8A

triadic

#7E7C8A #8A7E7C #7C8A7E

tetradic

#7E7C8A #8A7C81 #888A7C #7C8A85

square

#7E7C8A #8A7C81 #888A7C #7C8A85

split-complementary

#7E7C8A #8A857C #818A7C

monochromatic

#43424A #605F6A #7E7C8A #9E9CA7 #BEBDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#7E7C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#7E7C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7C8A

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7C8A	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 124, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.021 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a1ac',
    500: '#7e7c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7c8a;
$custom-light: #a3a1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.571,
    "s": 5.645,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59276,
    "c": 0.02119,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7C8A

secondary

#B3B4AE

accent

#AF79A7

background

#FAF9FA

surface

#F3F2F4

border

#CDCCCE

text

#0F0F10

muted

#7F7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7C8A

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

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