#79788C#79788C

#79788C is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.030 H 287.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79788C
RGB	rgb(121, 120, 140)
HSL	hsl(243, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(243, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 14.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.14, 4.65, -10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.14, 11.67, 293.49°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.0093 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.03 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3342, 19.3912, 27.5301)
Luminance	0.1939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79788C #8B8C78

analogous

#78818C #79788C #83788C

triadic

#79788C #8C7978 #788C79

tetradic

#79788C #8C7881 #8B8C78 #788C83

square

#79788C #8C7881 #8B8C78 #788C83

split-complementary

#79788C #8C8378 #818C78

monochromatic

#403F4A #5C5B6B #79788C #9A99A8 #BBBAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#79788C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#79788C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79788C

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79788C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79788C	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79788c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 120, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.030 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9ead',
    500: '#79788c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79788c;
$custom-light: #9f9ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79788c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58053,
    "c": 0.0304,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79788C

secondary

#B4B4AB

accent

#B177AE

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79788C

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

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