#7A8289

Closest named color: Gray (#808080). oklch(60.2% 0.014 244.4), rgb(122, 130, 137).

Black text reads best on this color (5.38:1).

About this color

#7A8289 is a medium-dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 60%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Gray (#808080), ΔE 0.014 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.38:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-dark (60%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Gray (#808080)
Black text	5.38:1
White text	3.90:1

Values

HEX	#7A8289
RGB	rgb(122, 130, 137)
HSL	hsl(208, 6%, 51%)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.014 244.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #7A8289	3.90:1	AA large text	Lc -72.0	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #7A8289	5.38:1	AA	Lc 37.6	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#7A8289 text on white	3.90:1	AA large text	Lc 66.5	Content text, not long reading
#7A8289 text on black	5.38:1	AA	Lc -35.2	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100

#E9EAEB

oklch(93.7% 0.002 247.8)
Step 200
200

#D7D9DB

oklch(88.4% 0.004 247.9)
Step 300
300

#BDC1C5

oklch(80.9% 0.007 247.9)
Step 400
400

#9BA1A7

oklch(70.6% 0.011 248)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#7A8289

oklch(60.2% 0.014 244.4)
Step 600
600

#6C757C

oklch(55.7% 0.015 241.1)
Step 700
700

#5A6268

oklch(49.1% 0.014 240.1)
Step 800
800

#4A5055

oklch(42.8% 0.011 243.1)
Step 900
900

#3E4246

oklch(37.7% 0.009 248.1)
Step 950
950

#242729

oklch(27% 0.006 236.7)

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#7A8289 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#7F8289	0.007
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#7D8089	0.007
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#768484	0.013
Achromatopsia (no color)	#818181	0.014

Harmonies

Hue rotations in OKLCH that keep this color's lightness and chroma.

This color is close to neutral, so it has no meaningful hue to rotate. Hue harmonies are omitted.

Palettes with this color

Curated palettes that contain a color within ΔE 0.04 (OKLab) of #7A8289, closest first.

Similar named colors

The eight closest entries in our named color list, with their ΔE distance.

Use #7A8289 in your product

Turn it into light and dark UI roles checked for contrast, then export to Tailwind v4, shadcn/ui, CSS or design tokens.

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