#796E77#796E77

#796E77 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.019 H 331.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E77
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 119)
HSL	hsl(311, 5%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(311, 9%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 1.7%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 6.04, -3.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 6.94, 330.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% 0.0169 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.019 331.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7904, 16.5489, 19.7589)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#796E77 #6E7970

analogous

#756E79 #796E77 #796E71

triadic

#796E77 #77796E #6E7779

tetradic

#796E77 #79756E #6E7970 #6E7179

square

#796E77 #79756E #6E7970 #6E7179

split-complementary

#796E77 #71796E #6E7975

monochromatic

#393438 #595157 #796E77 #978D95 #B4ADB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#796E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#796E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E77

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E77	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E7077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6E71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.019 331.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f979e',
    500: '#796e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e77;
$custom-light: #9f979e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.909,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55131,
    "c": 0.01919,
    "h": 331.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E77

secondary

#9EA59F

accent

#AE837A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0D0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E77

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

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