#79798E#79798E

#79798E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.032 H 285.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79798E
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 4.52, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 12.23, 291.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.0085 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.032 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6039, 19.6925, 28.3542)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79798E #8E8E79

analogous

#79848E #79798E #84798E

triadic

#79798E #8E7979 #798E79

tetradic

#79798E #8E7984 #8E8E79 #798E84

square

#79798E #8E7984 #8E8E79 #798E84

split-complementary

#79798E #8E8479 #848E79

monochromatic

#40404C #5C5C6D #79798E #9A9AAA #BBBBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#79798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#79798E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79798E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79798E	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.032 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f9faf',
    500: '#79798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79798e;
$custom-light: #9f9faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.502,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58346,
    "c": 0.03191,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79798E

secondary

#B6B6AD

accent

#B276B2

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79798E

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

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