#7E8A85#7E8A85

#7E8A85 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.016 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A85
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 133)
HSL	hsl(155, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(155, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.39, -5.39, 1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.39, 5.52, 167.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0155 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.016 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9254, 24.3058, 25.7221)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A85 #8A7E83

analogous

#7E8A7F #7E8A85 #7E898A

triadic

#7E8A85 #857E8A #8A857E

tetradic

#7E8A85 #7F7E8A #8A7E83 #898A7E

square

#7E8A85 #7F7E8A #8A7E83 #898A7E

split-complementary

#7E8A85 #8A7E89 #8A7F7E

monochromatic

#434A47 #606A66 #7E8A85 #9EA7A3 #BEC4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#7E8A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#7E8A85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A85

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A85	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C8A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.016 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3aca8',
    500: '#7e8a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a85;
$custom-light: #a3aca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62207,
    "c": 0.01584,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A85

secondary

#B5AFB1

accent

#7A90AE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F100F

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A85

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

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