#79797E#79797E

#79797E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.008 H 286.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79797E
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(240, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(240, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 1.02, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 2.91, 290.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.0021 -0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.008 286.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4877, 19.2460, 22.4755)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79797E #7E7E79

analogous

#797B7E #79797E #7B797E

triadic

#79797E #7E7979 #797E79

tetradic

#79797E #7E797B #7E7E79 #797E7B

square

#79797E #7E797B #7E7E79 #797E7B

split-complementary

#79797E #7E7B79 #7B7E79

monochromatic

#3D3D40 #5B5B5F #79797E #98989C #B7B7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#79797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#79797E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79797E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79797E	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787A7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78797E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.008 286.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9fa3',
    500: '#79797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79797e;
$custom-light: #9f9fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 2.024,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57773,
    "c": 0.00756,
    "h": 286.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79797E

secondary

#ABABA8

accent

#AB7DAB

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79797E

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

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