#796E76#796E76

#796E76 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.018 H 335.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E76
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 118)
HSL	hsl(316, 5%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(316, 9%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 2.5%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 5.84, -2.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 6.51, 333.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.0165 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.018 335.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7307, 16.5250, 19.4443)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#796E76 #6E7971

analogous

#766E79 #796E76 #796E70

triadic

#796E76 #76796E #6E7679

tetradic

#796E76 #79766E #6E7971 #6E7079

square

#796E76 #79766E #6E7971 #6E7079

split-complementary

#796E76 #70796E #6E7976

monochromatic

#393437 #595157 #796E76 #978D94 #B4ADB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#796E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#796E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E76

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E76	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707276

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.018 335.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f979d',
    500: '#796e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e76;
$custom-light: #9f979d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.364,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55097,
    "c": 0.01817,
    "h": 335.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E76

secondary

#9EA5A0

accent

#AE887A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E76

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

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