#79798F#79798F

#79798F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.033 H 285.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79798F
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 143)
HSL	hsl(240, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, 4.75, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 12.81, 291.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.0088 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.033 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6794, 19.7227, 28.7513)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79798F #8F8F79

analogous

#79848F #79798F #84798F

triadic

#79798F #8F7979 #798F79

tetradic

#79798F #8F7984 #8F8F79 #798F84

square

#79798F #8F7984 #8F8F79 #798F84

split-complementary

#79798F #8F8479 #848F79

monochromatic

#40404D #5C5C6E #79798F #9A9AAB #BCBCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#79798F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#79798F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79798F

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79798F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79798F	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)

#747B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79798f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.033 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09faf',
    500: '#79798f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79798f;
$custom-light: #a09faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79798f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.943,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58384,
    "c": 0.03344,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79798F

secondary

#B7B7AD

accent

#B276B2

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79798F

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

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