#7E8686#7E8686

#7E8686 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.009 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8686
RGB	rgb(126, 134, 134)
HSL	hsl(180, 3%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(180, 6%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, -2.93, -1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 3.10, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.009 -0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.009 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4315, 23.2068, 25.8999)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8686 #867E7E

analogous

#7E8682 #7E8686 #7E8286

triadic

#7E8686 #867E86 #86867E

tetradic

#7E8686 #827E86 #867E7E #82867E

square

#7E8686 #827E86 #867E7E #82867E

split-complementary

#7E8686 #867E82 #86827E

monochromatic

#434747 #606767 #7E8686 #9EA4A4 #BDC1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#7E8686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#7E8686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8686

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8686	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)

#858586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838486

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 134, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.009 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3a9a9',
    500: '#7e8686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8686;
$custom-light: #a3a9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 3.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61341,
    "c": 0.00945,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8686

secondary

#B2AEAE

accent

#7B7BAC

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F0F0F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8686

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

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