#796E80#796E80

#796E80 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.030 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E80
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 128)
HSL	hsl(277, 8%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(277, 14%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 7.91, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 11.51, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% 0.0205 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.03 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3567, 16.7754, 22.7415)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#796E80 #75806E

analogous

#706E80 #796E80 #806E7E

triadic

#796E80 #80796E #6E8079

tetradic

#796E80 #80706E #75806E #6E7E80

square

#796E80 #80706E #75806E #6E7E80

split-complementary

#796E80 #7E806E #6E8070

monochromatic

#3B353E #5A525F #796E80 #978E9E #B5AFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#796E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#796E80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E80

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E80	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E727F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.030 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f97a4',
    500: '#796e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e80;
$custom-light: #9f97a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 7.563,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55452,
    "c": 0.03039,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E80

secondary

#A4AAA0

accent

#B1778E

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E80

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

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