#79787E#79787E

#79787E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.009 H 293.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79787E
RGB	rgb(121, 120, 126)
HSL	hsl(250, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(250, 5%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 4.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, 1.60, -3.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 3.53, 297.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.0037 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.009 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3668, 19.0042, 22.4352)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79787E #7D7E78

analogous

#787A7E #79787E #7C787E

triadic

#79787E #7E7978 #787E79

tetradic

#79787E #7E787A #7D7E78 #787E7C

square

#79787E #7E787A #7D7E78 #787E7C

split-complementary

#79787E #7E7C78 #7A7E78

monochromatic

#3D3C3F #5B5A5F #79787E #98979C #B7B6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#79787E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#79787E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79787E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79787E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79787E	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	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)

#77797E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77797E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#78797A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79787e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 120, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.009 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9ea3',
    500: '#79787e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79787e;
$custom-light: #9f9ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79787e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 2.439,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57552,
    "c": 0.00915,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79787E

secondary

#AAAAA7

accent

#AC7CA4

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79787E

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

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