#796E72#796E72

#796E72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.015 H 353.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E72
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 114)
HSL	hsl(338, 5%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(338, 9%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 5.8%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 5.05, -0.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 5.09, 352.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% 0.0149 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.015 353.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4980, 16.4319, 18.2189)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E72 #6E7975

analogous

#796E77 #796E72 #796F6E

triadic

#796E72 #72796E #6E7279

tetradic

#796E72 #77796E #6E7975 #6F6E79

square

#796E72 #77796E #6E7975 #6F6E79

split-complementary

#796E72 #6E796F #6E7779

monochromatic

#393436 #595154 #796E72 #978D91 #B4ADB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#796E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#796E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E72

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E72	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F7072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.015 353.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f979a',
    500: '#796e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e72;
$custom-light: #9f979a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 338.182,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54964,
    "c": 0.01495,
    "h": 353.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E72

secondary

#9EA5A2

accent

#AE9B7A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E72

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →