Cement Feet #7B737B

Cement Feet (#7B737B) is a grey neutral with an OKLCH hue of 326°, lightness 0.57 and chroma 0.015. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX#7B737B
RGBrgb(123, 115, 123)
HSLhsl(300, 3%, 47%)
HSVhsv(300, 7%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 7%, 0%, 52%)
CIE Lablab(49.4 4.7 -3.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.565 0.015 326)

How Cement Feet behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cement Feet shifts subtly: takes on a pink cast; in north-facing or shaded light it shifts subtly: takes on a purple cast. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.4), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Test Cement Feet in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 4.58:1 and against black 4.58:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Cement Feet

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#d0cad0 · #aaa2aa · #7b737b · #605960 · #3e383e · #1f1a1f

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#9b93bb · #947da6 · #7b737b · #805570 · #714554 · #5f363a

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#dfa0a1 · #aa8b8b · #7b737b · #6c4d6d · #4f3350 · #371d1e

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#a6d2a7 · #9e929e · #7b737b · #634f63 · #443344 · #251a25

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#eef4ee · #968e96 · #7b737b · #595e59 · #2b232b · #010201

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#f4f0f4 · #ccc8cc · #7b737b · #272227 · #060306 · #ce71d1

Gold Accent

The same quiet ground carrying one bright gold voice — the high-energy pairing a cool or muted anchor cannot reach through its own temperature.

#f4f0f4 · #ccc8cc · #7b737b · #272227 · #060306 · #e1c24d

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e9f6e9 · #7a9b7b · #7b737b · #3f6842 · #0d2e11 · #030003

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e9f6e9 · #8f966b · #7b737b · #226a5a · #252900 · #000302

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#f9f1e1 · #a18f66 · #7b737b · #156871 · #002c31 · #0a0400

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#feeee4 · #ae886d · #7b737b · #3f6842 · #002a3e · #000200

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#8E878E · #A29CA2 · #B7B1B7 · #CCC7CC · #E1DDE1

Shades

#665E66 · #514B51 · #3D383D · #2B262B · #191519

Using Cement Feet

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors.

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