#7E8AAE#7E8AAE

#7E8AAE is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.056 H 270.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8AAE
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(225, 23%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 28%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 4.00, -20.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 20.76, 281.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% 0.0004 -0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.056 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3306, 25.6678, 43.6560)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8AAE #AEA27E

analogous

#7EA2AE #7E8AAE #8A7EAE

triadic

#7E8AAE #AE7E8A #8AAE7E

tetradic

#7E8AAE #AE7EA2 #AEA27E #7EAE8A

square

#7E8AAE #AE7EA2 #AEA27E #7EAE8A

split-complementary

#7E8AAE #AE8A7E #A2AE7E

monochromatic

#454F6D #5C6A93 #7E8AAE #A4ACC6 #C9CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#7E8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#7E8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8AAE

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8AAE	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B89AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#729196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.056 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4acc6',
    500: '#7e8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8aae;
$custom-light: #a4acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 22.857,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63689,
    "c": 0.056,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8AAE

secondary

#CDC9BA

accent

#AA68BF

background

#FAFAFC

surface

#F4F4F8

border

#CECED1

text

#0F1013

muted

#7F7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8AAE

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

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