#797A87#797A87

#797A87 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.020 H 282.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797A87
RGB	rgb(121, 122, 135)
HSL	hsl(236, 6%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(236, 10%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 9.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 2.37, -7.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 7.56, 288.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.0042 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.02 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2170, 19.7331, 25.7134)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#797A87 #878679

analogous

#798187 #797A87 #7F7987

triadic

#797A87 #87797A #7A8779

tetradic

#797A87 #877981 #878679 #79877F

square

#797A87 #877981 #878679 #79877F

split-complementary

#797A87 #877F79 #818779

monochromatic

#3F4046 #5C5D67 #797A87 #999AA4 #BABAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#797A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#797A87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797A87

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797A87	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 122, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.020 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa0aa',
    500: '#797a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797a87;
$custom-light: #9fa0aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 5.512,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58305,
    "c": 0.01977,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797A87

secondary

#B1B1AB

accent

#AB79AF

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797A87

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

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