#7B776E

Closest named color: Medium Grey (#7D7F7C). oklch(57% 0.014 86.9), rgb(123, 119, 110).

Black text reads best on this color (4.70:1).

About this color

#7B776E is a medium-dark close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 57%, its chroma 0.014. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Medium Grey (#7D7F7C), ΔE 0.026 away. Black text reads best on it, at 4.70:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-dark (57%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.014)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Medium Grey (#7D7F7C)
Black text	4.70:1
White text	4.46:1

Values

HEX	#7B776E
RGB	rgb(123, 119, 110)
HSL	hsl(42, 6%, 46%)
OKLCH	oklch(57% 0.014 86.9)

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 #7B776E	4.46:1	AA large text	Lc -76.5	Fine for body text
Black text on #7B776E	4.70:1	AA	Lc 33.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#7B776E text on white	4.46:1	AA large text	Lc 71.0	Content text, not long reading
#7B776E text on black	4.70:1	AA	Lc -30.7	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 600.

Step 50
50

#F6F5F5

oklch(97.1% 0.001 17.2)
Step 100
100

#EAEAE8

oklch(93.6% 0.003 106.5)
Step 200
200

#DAD9D6

oklch(88.5% 0.004 91.5)
Step 300
300

#C2C0BC

oklch(80.8% 0.006 84.6)
Step 400
400

#A3A099

oklch(70.6% 0.011 87.5)
Step 500
500

#8D8981

oklch(63.1% 0.013 84.6)
Step 600
600 (this color)

#7B776E

oklch(57% 0.014 86.9)
Step 700
700

#646058

oklch(49% 0.013 84.6)
Step 800
800

#524F48

oklch(42.8% 0.012 87.5)
Step 900
900

#43413C

oklch(37.6% 0.009 88.7)
Step 950
950

#282623

oklch(27% 0.006 78.2)

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#7B776E 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)	#79776D	0.004
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#7A786E	0.003
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#7D7574	0.013
Achromatopsia (no color)	#777777	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 #7B776E, closest first.

Similar named colors

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

Use #7B776E 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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