#79697B#79697B

#79697B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.034 H 322.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79697B
RGB	rgb(121, 105, 123)
HSL	hsl(293, 8%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(293, 15%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.44, 9.84, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.44, 12.47, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.21% 0.0267 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(54.21% 0.034 322.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5114, 15.5984, 20.8760)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79697B #6B7B69

analogous

#70697B #79697B #7B6974

triadic

#79697B #7B7969 #697B79

tetradic

#79697B #7B7069 #6B7B69 #69747B

square

#79697B #7B7069 #6B7B69 #69747B

split-complementary

#79697B #747B69 #697B70

monochromatic

#383139 #594D5A #79697B #978899 #B4A9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#79697B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#79697B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79697B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79697B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79697B	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#686D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6F7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79697b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 105, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.034 322.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f94a1',
    500: '#79697b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79697b;
$custom-light: #9f94a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79697b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.333,
    "s": 7.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54206,
    "c": 0.03368,
    "h": 322.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79697B

secondary

#9CA59B

accent

#B1777D

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0E0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79697B

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

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