#7E8480#7E8480

#7E8480 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.009 H 157.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8480
RGB	rgb(126, 132, 128)
HSL	hsl(140, 2%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(140, 5%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 3%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -3.02, 1.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 3.33, 155.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0085 0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.009 157)
XYZ	xyz(20.7510, 22.4965, 23.6669)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8480 #847E82

analogous

#7F847E #7E8480 #7E8483

triadic

#7E8480 #807E84 #84807E

tetradic

#7E8480 #7E7F84 #847E82 #84837E

square

#7E8480 #7E7F84 #847E82 #84837E

split-complementary

#7E8480 #837E84 #847E7F

monochromatic

#424543 #606562 #7E8480 #9DA29F #BDC0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#7E8480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#7E8480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8480

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8480	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8483

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 132, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.009 157.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a7a4',
    500: '#7e8480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8480;
$custom-light: #a3a7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 140,
    "s": 2.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60706,
    "c": 0.00926,
    "h": 157
  },
  "luminance": 0.22497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8480

secondary

#B0AEAF

accent

#7C9CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F0F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8480

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

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