#796F80#796F80

#796F80 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.028 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796F80
RGB	rgb(121, 111, 128)
HSL	hsl(275, 7%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(275, 13%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 7.32, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 10.80, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(55.67% 0.0189 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(55.67% 0.028 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4652, 16.9924, 22.7777)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#796F80 #76806F

analogous

#716F80 #796F80 #806F7F

triadic

#796F80 #80796F #6F8079

tetradic

#796F80 #80716F #76806F #6F7F80

square

#796F80 #80716F #76806F #6F7F80

split-complementary

#796F80 #7F806F #6F8071

monochromatic

#3B363E #5A535F #796F80 #978F9E #B6AFBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#796F80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#796F80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796F80

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796F80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796F80	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F737F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796f80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 111, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.028 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f98a4',
    500: '#796f80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796f80;
$custom-light: #9f98a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796f80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 7.113,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55666,
    "c": 0.02847,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796F80

secondary

#A5AAA1

accent

#B0788F

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796F80

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

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