#7E8484#7E8484

#7E8484 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.007 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8484
RGB	rgb(126, 132, 132)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 5%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, -2.21, -0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 2.34, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% -0.0068 -0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.007 197)
XYZ	xyz(21.0195, 22.6039, 25.0809)
Luminance	0.2260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8484 #847E7E

analogous

#7E8481 #7E8484 #7E8184

triadic

#7E8484 #847E84 #84847E

tetradic

#7E8484 #817E84 #847E7E #81847E

square

#7E8484 #817E84 #847E7E #81847E

split-complementary

#7E8484 #847E81 #84817E

monochromatic

#424545 #606565 #7E8484 #9DA2A2 #BDC0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#7E8484 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#7E8484 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8484

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8484	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8484	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8484;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 132, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.007 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a7a7',
    500: '#7e8484',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8484;
$custom-light: #a3a7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8484",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60832,
    "c": 0.00713,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.22604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8484

secondary

#B0AEAE

accent

#7C7CAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F0F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8484

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

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