#79716E#79716E

#79716E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.011 H 41.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79716E
RGB	rgb(121, 113, 110)
HSL	hsl(16, 5%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(16, 9%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.6%, 9.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 2.52, 2.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 3.75, 47.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.49% 0.0082 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(55.49% 0.011 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6045, 17.0012, 17.1557)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79716E #6E7679

analogous

#796E70 #79716E #79766E

triadic

#79716E #6E7971 #716E79

tetradic

#79716E #70796E #6E7679 #766E79

square

#79716E #70796E #6E7679 #766E79

split-complementary

#79716E #6E7976 #6E7079

monochromatic

#393534 #595351 #79716E #97908D #B4AFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#79716E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#79716E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79716E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79716E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79716E	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)

#73726E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75736E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79716e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 113, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.011 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9997',
    500: '#79716e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79716e;
$custom-light: #9f9997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79716e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55494,
    "c": 0.01101,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79716E

secondary

#9EA3A5

accent

#A0AE7A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79716E

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

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