#7E8A87#7E8A87

#7E8A87 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.015 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A87
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 135)
HSL	hsl(165, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, -4.98, 0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 4.98, 178.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0147 0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.015 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0649, 24.3615, 26.4567)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A87 #8A7E81

analogous

#7E8A81 #7E8A87 #7E878A

triadic

#7E8A87 #877E8A #8A877E

tetradic

#7E8A87 #817E8A #8A7E81 #878A7E

square

#7E8A87 #817E8A #8A7E81 #878A7E

split-complementary

#7E8A87 #8A7E87 #8A817E

monochromatic

#434A49 #606A68 #7E8A87 #9EA7A5 #BEC4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#7E8A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#7E8A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A87

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A87	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.015 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3aca9',
    500: '#7e8a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a87;
$custom-light: #a3aca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62269,
    "c": 0.0147,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A87

secondary

#B5AFB1

accent

#7A87AE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A87

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

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