#79796E#79796E

#79796E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.016 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79796E
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 110)
HSL	hsl(60, 5%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.1%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.53, -2.12, 6.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.53, 6.40, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% -0.0048 0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.016 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5366, 18.8656, 17.4664)
Luminance	0.1887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79796E #6E6E79

analogous

#79736E #79796E #73796E

triadic

#79796E #6E7979 #796E79

tetradic

#79796E #6E7973 #6E6E79 #796E73

square

#79796E #6E7973 #6E6E79 #796E73

split-complementary

#79796E #6E7379 #736E79

monochromatic

#393934 #595951 #79796E #97978D #B4B4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#79796E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#79796E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79796E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79796E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79796E	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B786D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B796E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79796e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.016 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9f97',
    500: '#79796e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79796e;
$custom-light: #9f9f97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79796e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 4.762,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57277,
    "c": 0.01646,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79796E

secondary

#9E9EA5

accent

#7AAE7A

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0D

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79796E

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

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