#7E7E7A#7E7E7A

#7E7E7A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.006 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7E7A
RGB	rgb(126, 126, 122)
HSL	hsl(60, 2%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 3%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 3.2%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, -0.79, 2.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 2.31, 109.88°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.0017 0.0057)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.006 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5774, 20.7625, 21.3848)
Luminance	0.2076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7E7A #7A7A7E

analogous

#7E7C7A #7E7E7A #7C7E7A

triadic

#7E7E7A #7A7E7E #7E7A7E

tetradic

#7E7E7A #7A7E7C #7A7A7E #7E7A7C

square

#7E7E7A #7A7E7C #7A7A7E #7E7A7C

split-complementary

#7E7E7A #7A7C7E #7C7A7E

monochromatic

#40403E #5F5F5C #7E7E7A #9C9C99 #BABAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#7E7E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#7E7E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7E7A

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7E7A	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7E7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7E7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7F7D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 126, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.006 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a3a0',
    500: '#7e7e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7e7a;
$custom-light: #a3a3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 1.613,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59186,
    "c": 0.00598,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7E7A

secondary

#A9A9AB

accent

#7DAB7D

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F3F3F2

border

#CDCDCC

text

#0F0F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7E7A

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

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