#7E7EAE#7E7EAE

#7E7EAE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.072 H 284.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E7EAE
RGB	rgb(126, 126, 174)
HSL	hsl(240, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 27.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 11.00, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 27.66, 293.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% 0.0176 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.072 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7031, 22.4128, 43.1135)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E7EAE #AEAE7E

analogous

#7E96AE #7E7EAE #967EAE

triadic

#7E7EAE #AE7E7E #7EAE7E

tetradic

#7E7EAE #AE7E96 #AEAE7E #7EAE96

square

#7E7EAE #AE7E96 #AEAE7E #7EAE96

split-complementary

#7E7EAE #AE967E #96AE7E

monochromatic

#45456D #5C5C93 #7E7EAE #A4A4C6 #C9C9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#7E7EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#7E7EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E7EAE

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E7EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E7EAE	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7184B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73868F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e7eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 126, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.072 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4a3c6',
    500: '#7e7eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e7eae;
$custom-light: #a4a3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e7eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61156,
    "c": 0.0723,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E7EAE

secondary

#CDCDBA

accent

#BF68BF

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F3F8

border

#CECDD1

text

#0F0F13

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E7EAE

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

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