#79737E#79737E

#79737E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.018 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79737E
RGB	rgb(121, 115, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(273, 9%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 8.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 4.53, -5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 6.90, 311.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.46% 0.0117 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(56.46% 0.018 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7812, 17.8328, 22.2400)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79737E #787E73

analogous

#74737E #79737E #7E737D

triadic

#79737E #7E7973 #737E79

tetradic

#79737E #7E7473 #787E73 #737D7E

square

#79737E #7E7473 #787E73 #737D7E

split-complementary

#79737E #7D7E73 #737E74

monochromatic

#3C393E #5A565E #79737E #98929C #B6B2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#79737E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#79737E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79737E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79737E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79737E	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72757F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73757E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79737e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 115, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.018 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9ba3',
    500: '#79737e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79737e;
$custom-light: #9f9ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79737e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 4.564,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56457,
    "c": 0.01814,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79737E

secondary

#A6A9A4

accent

#AE7A92

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79737E

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

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