#7E8A8C#7E8A8C

#7E8A8C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.014 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A8C
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 140)
HSL	hsl(189, 6%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(189, 10%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -3.93, -2.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 4.69, 213.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0126 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.014 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4252, 24.5057, 28.3545)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A8C #8C807E

analogous

#7E8C87 #7E8A8C #7E838C

triadic

#7E8A8C #8C7E8A #8A8C7E

tetradic

#7E8A8C #877E8C #8C807E #838C7E

square

#7E8A8C #877E8C #8C807E #838C7E

split-complementary

#7E8A8C #8C7E83 #8C877E

monochromatic

#444B4C #616B6C #7E8A8C #9EA7A9 #BFC5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#7E8A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#7E8A8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A8C

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A8C	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.014 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3acad',
    500: '#7e8a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a8c;
$custom-light: #a3acad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 5.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62428,
    "c": 0.01436,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A8C

secondary

#B6B1B0

accent

#8179AF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A8C

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

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