#7E8C8A#7E8C8A

#7E8C8A is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.017 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7E8C8A
RGB	rgb(126, 140, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 6%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(171, 10%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(10%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.10, -5.47, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.10, 5.51, 186.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0164 -0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.017 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5687, 25.0264, 27.6814)
Luminance	0.2503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7E8C8A #8C7E80

analogous

#7E8C83 #7E8C8A #7E878C

triadic

#7E8C8A #8A7E8C #8C8A7E

tetradic

#7E8C8A #837E8C #8C7E80 #878C7E

square

#7E8C8A #837E8C #8C7E80 #878C7E

split-complementary

#7E8C8A #8C7E87 #8C837E

monochromatic

#444C4B #616C6B #7E8C8A #9EA9A7 #BFC6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#7E8C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#7E8C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7E8C8A

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7E8C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7E8C8A	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88888A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B8D8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7e8c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(126, 140, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.017 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a3adac',
    500: '#7e8c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7e8c8a;
$custom-light: #a3adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7e8c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 126,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 5.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62813,
    "c": 0.01653,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7E8C8A

secondary

#B6B0B1

accent

#7981AF

background

#FAFAFA

surface

#F3F4F4

border

#CDCECE

text

#0F1010

muted

#7F7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #7E8C8A

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

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