#7E8A7E#7E8A7E

#7E8A7E is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.023 H 145.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A7E
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 126)
HSL	hsl(120, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(120, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -6.78, 4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 8.39, 143.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0186 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.023 145.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4578, 24.1187, 23.2595)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A7E #8A7E8A

analogous

#848A7E #7E8A7E #7E8A84

triadic

#7E8A7E #7E7E8A #8A7E7E

tetradic

#7E8A7E #7E848A #8A7E8A #8A847E

square

#7E8A7E #7E848A #8A7E8A #8A847E

split-complementary

#7E8A7E #847E8A #8A7E84

monochromatic

#434A43 #606A60 #7E8A7E #9EA79E #BEC4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#7E8A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#7E8A7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A7E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A7E	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B887D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88867F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7D8986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.023 145.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3aca3',
    500: '#7e8a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a7e;
$custom-light: #a3aca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61998,
    "c": 0.02261,
    "h": 145.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A7E

secondary

#B5AFB5

accent

#7AAEAE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F3

border

#CDCECD

text

#0F100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A7E

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

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