#79737F#79737F

#79737F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.020 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79737F
RGB	rgb(121, 115, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(270, 9%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 4.74, -5.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 7.46, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.0121 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.02 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8460, 17.8588, 22.5815)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79737F #797F73

analogous

#73737F #79737F #7F737F

triadic

#79737F #7F7973 #737F79

tetradic

#79737F #7F7373 #797F73 #737F7F

square

#79737F #7F7373 #797F73 #737F7F

split-complementary

#79737F #7F7F73 #737F73

monochromatic

#3C393F #5A565F #79737F #98929D #B6B3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#79737F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#79737F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79737F

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79737F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79737F	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72757F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79737f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 115, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.020 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9ba4',
    500: '#79737f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79737f;
$custom-light: #9f9ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79737f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 4.959,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56492,
    "c": 0.01955,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79737F

secondary

#A7AAA4

accent

#AE7A94

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79737F

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

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