#79786E#79786E

#79786E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.015 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79786E
RGB	rgb(121, 120, 110)
HSL	hsl(55, 5%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 9%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 9.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, -1.54, 5.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 5.84, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.05% -0.0032 0.0147)
OKLCH	oklch(57.05% 0.015 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4158, 18.6238, 17.4261)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79786E #6E6F79

analogous

#79726E #79786E #74796E

triadic

#79786E #6E7978 #786E79

tetradic

#79786E #6E7972 #6E6F79 #796E74

square

#79786E #6E7972 #6E6F79 #796E74

split-complementary

#79786E #6E7479 #726E79

monochromatic

#393834 #595851 #79786E #97968D #B4B4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#79786E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#79786E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79786E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79786E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79786E	1.00	4.44	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A776D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A786E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79786e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 120, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.015 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9e97',
    500: '#79786e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79786e;
$custom-light: #9f9e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79786e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57052,
    "c": 0.01504,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79786E

secondary

#9E9FA5

accent

#7FAE7A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79786E

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

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