#7E8498#7E8498

#7E8498 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.031 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8498
RGB	rgb(126, 132, 152)
HSL	hsl(226, 11%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(226, 17%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 2.15, -11.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 11.63, 280.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% 0.0012 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.031 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5216, 23.2048, 32.9921)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8498 #98927E

analogous

#7E9198 #7E8498 #857E98

triadic

#7E8498 #987E84 #84987E

tetradic

#7E8498 #987E91 #98927E #7E9885

square

#7E8498 #987E91 #98927E #7E9885

split-complementary

#7E8498 #98857E #91987E

monochromatic

#454957 #606679 #7E8498 #A0A4B3 #C2C5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#7E8498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#7E8498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8498

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8498	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 132, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.031 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a7b6',
    500: '#7e8498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8498;
$custom-light: #a3a7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 11.207,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61525,
    "c": 0.03102,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8498

secondary

#BEBCB3

accent

#A574B4

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#0F0F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8498

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

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