#797A80#797A80

#797A80 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.009 H 278.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797A80
RGB	rgb(121, 122, 128)
HSL	hsl(231, 3%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(231, 5%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 0.86, -3.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 3.51, 284.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.0014 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.009 278.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7402, 19.5425, 23.2027)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797A80 #807F79

analogous

#797E80 #797A80 #7C7980

triadic

#797A80 #80797A #7A8079

tetradic

#797A80 #80797E #807F79 #79807C

square

#797A80 #80797E #807F79 #79807C

split-complementary

#797A80 #807C79 #7E8079

monochromatic

#3E3E41 #5B5C61 #797A80 #98999E #B8B8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#797A80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#797A80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797A80

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797A80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797A80	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797a80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 122, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.009 278.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa0a4',
    500: '#797a80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797a80;
$custom-light: #9fa0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797a80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 2.811,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58062,
    "c": 0.00917,
    "h": 278.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797A80

secondary

#ACACA9

accent

#A57CAC

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797A80

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

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