#7E8A89#7E8A89

#7E8A89 is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.014 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A89
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 137)
HSL	hsl(175, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -4.56, -0.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 4.66, 191.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0138 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.014 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2070, 24.4184, 27.2053)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A89 #8A7E7F

analogous

#7E8A83 #7E8A89 #7E858A

triadic

#7E8A89 #897E8A #8A897E

tetradic

#7E8A89 #837E8A #8A7E7F #858A7E

square

#7E8A89 #837E8A #8A7E7F #858A7E

split-complementary

#7E8A89 #8A7E85 #8A837E

monochromatic

#434A4A #606A6A #7E8A89 #9EA7A6 #BEC4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#7E8A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#7E8A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A89

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A89	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)

#888989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.014 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3acab',
    500: '#7e8a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a89;
$custom-light: #a3acab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62332,
    "c": 0.0141,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A89

secondary

#B5AFB0

accent

#7A7EAE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A89

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

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