#7E7E72#7E7E72

#7E7E72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.018 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7E72
RGB	rgb(126, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -2.29, 6.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 6.93, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.0052 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.018 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1019, 20.5723, 18.8809)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7E72 #72727E

analogous

#7E7872 #7E7E72 #787E72

triadic

#7E7E72 #727E7E #7E727E

tetradic

#7E7E72 #727E78 #72727E #7E7278

square

#7E7E72 #727E78 #72727E #7E7278

split-complementary

#7E7E72 #72787E #78727E

monochromatic

#3E3E38 #5E5E55 #7E7E72 #9C9C91 #B9B9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#7E7E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#7E7E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7E72

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7E72	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817D72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#807C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.018 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a39a',
    500: '#7e7e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7e72;
$custom-light: #a3a39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58951,
    "c": 0.01782,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7E72

secondary

#A3A3A9

accent

#7AAE7A

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F3F3F2

border

#CDCDCC

text

#0F0F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7E72

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

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