#79787D#79787D

#79787D is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.008 H 295.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79787D
RGB	rgb(121, 120, 125)
HSL	hsl(252, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(252, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 1.40, -2.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 2.95, 298.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% 0.0033 -0.0069)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.008 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.3026, 18.9785, 22.0971)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79787D #7C7D78

analogous

#78797D #79787D #7B787D

triadic

#79787D #7D7978 #787D79

tetradic

#79787D #7D7879 #7C7D78 #787D7B

square

#79787D #7D7879 #7C7D78 #787D7B

split-complementary

#79787D #7D7B78 #797D78

monochromatic

#3D3C3F #5B5A5E #79787D #98979B #B7B6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#79787D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#79787D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79787D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79787D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79787D	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77797D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79787d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 120, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.008 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9ea2',
    500: '#79787d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79787d;
$custom-light: #9f9ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79787d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 2.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57519,
    "c": 0.00764,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79787D

secondary

#A9AAA7

accent

#AB7DA2

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79787D

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

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