#7E8496#7E8496

#7E8496 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.028 H 270.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8496
RGB	rgb(126, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(225, 10%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(225, 16%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 1.69, -10.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 10.51, 279.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% 0.0005 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.028 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3592, 23.1398, 32.1367)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8496 #96907E

analogous

#7E9096 #7E8496 #847E96

triadic

#7E8496 #967E84 #84967E

tetradic

#7E8496 #967E90 #96907E #7E9684

square

#7E8496 #967E90 #96907E #7E9684

split-complementary

#7E8496 #96847E #90967E

monochromatic

#454955 #606676 #7E8496 #A0A4B1 #C1C4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#7E8496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#7E8496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8496

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8496	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#79878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.028 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a7b4',
    500: '#7e8496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8496;
$custom-light: #a3a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61451,
    "c": 0.02809,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8496

secondary

#BDBAB3

accent

#A475B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F3F4F6

border

#CDCED0

text

#0F0F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8496

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

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