#7E8A88#7E8A88

#7E8A88 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.014 H 184.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A88
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(170, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, -4.77, -0.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 4.79, 185.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0143 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.014 184.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1356, 24.3898, 26.8293)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A88 #8A7E80

analogous

#7E8A82 #7E8A88 #7E868A

triadic

#7E8A88 #887E8A #8A887E

tetradic

#7E8A88 #827E8A #8A7E80 #868A7E

square

#7E8A88 #827E8A #8A7E80 #868A7E

split-complementary

#7E8A88 #8A7E86 #8A827E

monochromatic

#434A49 #606A69 #7E8A88 #9EA7A6 #BEC4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#7E8A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#7E8A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A88

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A88	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868788

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.014 184.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3acaa',
    500: '#7e8a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a88;
$custom-light: #a3acaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.623,
    "c": 0.01432,
    "h": 184.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A88

secondary

#B5AFB0

accent

#7A82AE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A88

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

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