#7E8080#7E8080

#7E8080 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.002 H 197.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8080
RGB	rgb(126, 128, 128)
HSL	hsl(180, 1%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(180, 2%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -0.75, -0.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 0.79, 199.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0023 -0.0007)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.002 197.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2189, 21.4324, 23.4896)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8080 #807E7E

analogous

#7E807F #7E8080 #7E7F80

triadic

#7E8080 #807E80 #80807E

tetradic

#7E8080 #7F7E80 #807E7E #7F807E

square

#7E8080 #7F7E80 #807E7E #7F807E

split-complementary

#7E8080 #807E7F #807F7E

monochromatic

#414242 #606161 #7E8080 #9D9E9E #BCBDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#7E8080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#7E8080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8080

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8080	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808080

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 128, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.002 197.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a4a4',
    500: '#7e8080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8080;
$custom-light: #a3a4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 0.787,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59816,
    "c": 0.00241,
    "h": 197.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8080

secondary

#ADACAC

accent

#7E7EAA

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F0F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8080

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

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