#796E69#796E69

#796E69 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.016 H 46.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E69
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 105)
HSL	hsl(19, 7%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(19, 13%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 13.2%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 3.36, 4.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 5.49, 52.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.011 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.016 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0107, 16.2370, 15.6525)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#796E69 #697479

analogous

#79696C #796E69 #797669

triadic

#796E69 #69796E #6E6979

tetradic

#796E69 #6C7969 #697479 #766979

square

#796E69 #6C7969 #697479 #766979

split-complementary

#796E69 #697976 #696C79

monochromatic

#373230 #58504D #796E69 #978D88 #B4ACA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#796E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#796E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E69

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E69	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716F69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737169

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7C6C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.016 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9793',
    500: '#796e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e69;
$custom-light: #9f9793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 7.08,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54683,
    "c": 0.01586,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E69

secondary

#9AA1A4

accent

#9EB078

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F1

border

#CCCCCB

text

#0E0D0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E69

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

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