#7E8A8A#7E8A8A

#7E8A8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.014 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A8A
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 5%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 9%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -4.35, -1.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 4.60, 198.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0134 -0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.014 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2791, 24.4472, 27.5848)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A8A #8A7E7E

analogous

#7E8A84 #7E8A8A #7E848A

triadic

#7E8A8A #8A7E8A #8A8A7E

tetradic

#7E8A8A #847E8A #8A7E7E #848A7E

square

#7E8A8A #847E8A #8A7E7E #848A7E

split-complementary

#7E8A8A #8A7E84 #8A847E

monochromatic

#434A4A #606A6A #7E8A8A #9EA7A7 #BEC4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#7E8A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#7E8A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A8A

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A8A	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.014 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3acac',
    500: '#7e8a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a8a;
$custom-light: #a3acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 4.878,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62364,
    "c": 0.01402,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A8A

secondary

#B5AFAF

accent

#7A7AAE

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A8A

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

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