#7E8A96#7E8A96

#7E8A96 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.023 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A96
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(210, 10%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 16%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -1.74, -7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 8.06, 257.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0085 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.023 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1963, 24.8141, 32.4157)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A96 #968A7E

analogous

#7E9696 #7E8A96 #7E7E96

triadic

#7E8A96 #967E8A #8A967E

tetradic

#7E8A96 #967E96 #968A7E #7E967E

square

#7E8A96 #967E96 #968A7E #7E967E

split-complementary

#7E8A96 #967E7E #96967E

monochromatic

#454D55 #606B76 #7E8A96 #A0A9B1 #C1C7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#7E8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#7E8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A96

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A96	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868A97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#788D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.023 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3acb4',
    500: '#7e8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a96;
$custom-light: #a3acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 10.256,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62768,
    "c": 0.0229,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A96

secondary

#BDB8B3

accent

#9475B3

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#0F1011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A96

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

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