#7E8596#7E8596

#7E8596 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.027 H 267.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8596
RGB	rgb(126, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(223, 10%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(223, 16%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 1.12, -9.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 10.02, 276.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.001 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.027 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4954, 23.4123, 32.1821)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8596 #968F7E

analogous

#7E9196 #7E8596 #837E96

triadic

#7E8596 #967E85 #85967E

tetradic

#7E8596 #967E91 #968F7E #7E9683

square

#7E8596 #967E91 #968F7E #7E9683

split-complementary

#7E8596 #96837E #91967E

monochromatic

#454A55 #606776 #7E8596 #A0A5B1 #C1C5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#7E8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#7E8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8596

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8596	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.027 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a8b4',
    500: '#7e8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8596;
$custom-light: #a3a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61669,
    "c": 0.02697,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8596

secondary

#BDBAB3

accent

#A175B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F3F4F6

border

#CDCED0

text

#0F0F11

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8596

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

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