#736E79#736E79

#736E79 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.018 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#736E79
RGB	rgb(115, 110, 121)
HSL	hsl(267, 5%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(267, 9%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(5%, 9.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 4.19, -5.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 6.83, 307.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% 0.0106 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.018 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0968, 16.1772, 20.3600)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#736E79 #74796E

analogous

#6E6E79 #736E79 #786E79

triadic

#736E79 #79736E #6E7973

tetradic

#736E79 #796E6E #74796E #6E7978

square

#736E79 #796E6E #74796E #6E7978

split-complementary

#736E79 #79786E #6E796E

monochromatic

#363439 #555159 #736E79 #928D97 #B0ADB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#736E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#736E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #736E79

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##736E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##736E79	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C707A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7079

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #736e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 110, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.018 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b979f',
    500: '#736e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #736e79;
$custom-light: #9b979f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#736e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.273,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54645,
    "c": 0.01786,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#736E79

secondary

#A2A59E

accent

#AE7A96

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #736E79

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

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