#74797E#74797E

#74797E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.010 H 248.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#74797E
RGB	rgb(116, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(210, 4%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(210, 8%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, -0.82, -3.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 3.48, 256.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.0037 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.01 248)
XYZ	xyz(17.8050, 18.8939, 22.4435)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#74797E #7E7974

analogous

#747E7E #74797E #74747E

triadic

#74797E #7E7479 #797E74

tetradic

#74797E #7E747E #7E7974 #747E74

square

#74797E #7E747E #7E7974 #747E74

split-complementary

#74797E #7E7474 #7E7E74

monochromatic

#393C3E #575A5E #74797E #93989C #B3B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#74797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#74797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #74797E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##74797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##74797E	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77797E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76787E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #74797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(116, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.010 248.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c9fa3',
    500: '#74797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #74797e;
$custom-light: #9c9fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#74797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 116,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 4.132,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57349,
    "c": 0.00976,
    "h": 248
  },
  "luminance": 0.18894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#74797E

secondary

#A9A7A4

accent

#947AAD

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #74797E

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

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