#79717C#79717C

#79717C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.019 H 316.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79717C
RGB	rgb(121, 113, 124)
HSL	hsl(284, 5%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(284, 9%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 5.29, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 7.24, 316.95°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% 0.0141 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.019 316.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4278, 17.3305, 21.4919)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79717C #747C71

analogous

#74717C #79717C #7C717A

triadic

#79717C #7C7971 #717C79

tetradic

#79717C #7C7471 #747C71 #717A7C

square

#79717C #7C7471 #747C71 #717A7C

split-complementary

#79717C #7A7C71 #717C74

monochromatic

#3B373C #5A545C #79717C #97909A #B5B0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#79717C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#79717C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79717C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79717C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79717C	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71747C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797275

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79717c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 113, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.019 316.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f99a1',
    500: '#79717c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79717c;
$custom-light: #9f99a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79717c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.636,
    "s": 4.641,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55953,
    "c": 0.01927,
    "h": 316.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79717C

secondary

#A3A7A1

accent

#AE7A88

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79717C

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

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