#7E8A9E#7E8A9E

#7E8A9E is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.033 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8A9E
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(218, 14%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(218, 20%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 0.11, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 12.07, 270.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0054 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.033 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8627, 25.0807, 35.9249)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8A9E #9E927E

analogous

#7E9A9E #7E8A9E #827E9E

triadic

#7E8A9E #9E7E8A #8A9E7E

tetradic

#7E8A9E #9E7E9A #9E927E #7E9E82

square

#7E8A9E #9E7E9A #9E927E #7E9E82

split-complementary

#7E8A9E #9E827E #9A9E7E

monochromatic

#454E5C #606B7F #7E8A9E #A1AAB8 #C4C9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#7E8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#7E8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8A9E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8A9E	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848B9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.033 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3acba',
    500: '#7e8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8a9e;
$custom-light: #a3acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 14.159,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63058,
    "c": 0.03325,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8A9E

secondary

#C3BEB5

accent

#9D71B7

background

#FAFAFB

surface

#F4F4F6

border

#CECED0

text

#0F1011

muted

#7F7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8A9E

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

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