#7E8A92

Closest named color: Light Slate Gray (#778899). oklch(62.6% 0.019 236.9), rgb(126, 138, 146).

Black text reads best on this color (5.93:1).

About this color

#7E8A92 is a medium-light close to neutral grey. In OKLCH its lightness is 63%, its chroma 0.019. It has too little chroma to lean warm or cool. The nearest named color is Light Slate Gray (#778899), ΔE 0.017 away. Black text reads best on it, at 5.93:1.

Hue family	Neutrals
Lightness	medium-light (63%)
Chroma	close to neutral grey (0.019)
Temperature	neutral
Nearest name	Light Slate Gray (#778899)
Black text	5.93:1
White text	3.53:1

Values

HEX	#7E8A92
RGB	rgb(126, 138, 146)
HSL	hsl(204, 8%, 53%)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.019 236.9)

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 #7E8A92	3.53:1	AA large text	Lc -68.5	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #7E8A92	5.93:1	AA	Lc 41.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#7E8A92 text on white	3.53:1	AA large text	Lc 63.0	Content text, not long reading
#7E8A92 text on black	5.93:1	AA	Lc -38.7	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 500.

Step 50
50

#F5F5F6

oklch(97% 0.001 286.4)
Step 100
100

#E8EAEB

oklch(93.6% 0.003 228.8)
Step 200
200

#D6DADC

oklch(88.6% 0.005 228.8)
Step 300
300

#BBC2C6

oklch(81% 0.01 232.4)
Step 400
400

#99A2A9

oklch(70.7% 0.014 241)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#7E8A92

oklch(62.6% 0.019 236.9)
Step 600
600

#69757E

oklch(55.6% 0.02 240.3)
Step 700
700

#57636A

oklch(49.2% 0.019 233.4)
Step 800
800

#475057

oklch(42.6% 0.016 241.3)
Step 900
900

#3C4347

oklch(37.8% 0.012 232.7)
Step 950
950

#23272A

oklch(27% 0.008 240.2)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#7E8A92 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)	#878A92	0.013
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#848792	0.011
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#798C8C	0.014
Achromatopsia (no color)	#888888	0.019