#7E8A8D#7E8A8D

#7E8A8D is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.015 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A8D
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(192, 6%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(192, 11%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -3.72, -3.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 4.84, 219.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0122 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.015 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4993, 24.5353, 28.7445)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A8D #8D817E

analogous

#7E8D89 #7E8A8D #7E838D

triadic

#7E8A8D #8D7E8A #8A8D7E

tetradic

#7E8A8D #897E8D #8D817E #838D7E

square

#7E8A8D #897E8D #8D817E #838D7E

split-complementary

#7E8A8D #8D7E83 #8D897E

monochromatic

#444B4D #616B6D #7E8A8D #9EA7AA #BFC5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#7E8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#7E8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A8D

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A8D	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88898D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85878D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.015 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3acae',
    500: '#7e8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a8d;
$custom-light: #a3acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 6.173,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62461,
    "c": 0.01475,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A8D

secondary

#B7B1B0

accent

#8379AF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A8D

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

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