#77797E#77797E

#77797E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.008 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#77797E
RGB	rgb(119, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(223, 3%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(223, 6%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 0.28, -2.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 3.00, 275.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0002 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.008 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2103, 19.1030, 22.4625)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#77797E #7E7C77

analogous

#777C7E #77797E #78777E

triadic

#77797E #7E7779 #797E77

tetradic

#77797E #7E777C #7E7C77 #777E78

square

#77797E #7E777C #7E7C77 #777E78

split-complementary

#77797E #7E7877 #7C7E77

monochromatic

#3C3D3F #595B5F #77797E #96989C #B6B7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#77797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#77797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #77797E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##77797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##77797E	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78797E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #77797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(119, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.008 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9e9fa3',
    500: '#77797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #77797e;
$custom-light: #9e9fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#77797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 119,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 2.857,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57602,
    "c": 0.00799,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#77797E

secondary

#AAA9A7

accent

#9E7CAC

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #77797E

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

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