#7E8A97#7E8A97

#7E8A97 is a light, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.024 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#7E8A97
RGBrgb(126, 138, 151)
HSLhsl(211, 11%, 54%)
HSVhsv(211, 17%, 59%)
CMYKcmyk(16.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LABlab(56.93, -1.51, -8.39)
CIE-LCHlch(56.93, 8.53, 259.80°)
OKLaboklab(62.8% -0.0081 -0.0227)
OKLCHoklch(62.8% 0.024 250.3)
XYZxyz(23.2772, 24.8465, 32.8416)
Luminance0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#7E8A97 #978B7E
analogous
#7E9797 #7E8A97 #7F7E97
triadic
#7E8A97 #977E8A #8A977E
tetradic
#7E8A97 #977E97 #978B7E #7E977F
square
#7E8A97 #977E97 #978B7E #7E977F
split-complementary
#7E8A97 #977F7E #97977E
monochromatic
#454D56 #606B77 #7E8A97 #A0A9B2 #C2C7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52
#7E8A97 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97
#7E8A97 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A97
5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##7E8A97#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##7E8A971.003.525.975.97
#FFFFFF3.521.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9721.001.001.00
##0000005.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#858A98
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#828797
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#788D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #7e8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.024 250.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3acb5',
    500: '#7e8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #7e8a97;
$custom-light: #a3acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#7e8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 10.73,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62803,
    "c": 0.02411,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#7E8A97
secondary
#BEB9B3
accent
#9574B4
background
#FAFAFB
surface
#F4F4F6
border
#CECED0
text
#0F1011
muted
#7F7F80

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#7E8A97 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva