#7E7E8A#7E7E8A

#7E7E8A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.018 H 285.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7E8A
RGB	rgb(126, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(240, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(240, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, 2.49, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 6.94, 291.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.0049 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.018 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6516, 21.1922, 27.0423)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7E8A #8A8A7E

analogous

#7E848A #7E7E8A #847E8A

triadic

#7E7E8A #8A7E7E #7E8A7E

tetradic

#7E7E8A #8A7E84 #8A8A7E #7E8A84

square

#7E7E8A #8A7E84 #8A8A7E #7E8A84

split-complementary

#7E7E8A #8A847E #848A7E

monochromatic

#43434A #60606A #7E7E8A #9E9EA7 #BEBEC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#7E7E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#7E7E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7E8A

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7E8A	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.018 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a3ac',
    500: '#7e7e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7e8a;
$custom-light: #a3a3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59711,
    "c": 0.01807,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7E8A

secondary

#B5B5AF

accent

#AE7AAE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F3F4

border

#CDCDCE

text

#0F0F10

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7E8A

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

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