#797A89#797A89

#797A89 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.023 H 282.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797A89
RGB	rgb(121, 122, 137)
HSL	hsl(236, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(236, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 10.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 2.81, -8.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 8.73, 288.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% 0.005 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.023 282.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3591, 19.7900, 26.4620)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797A89 #898879

analogous

#798289 #797A89 #807989

triadic

#797A89 #89797A #7A8979

tetradic

#797A89 #897982 #898879 #798980

square

#797A89 #897982 #898879 #798980

split-complementary

#797A89 #898079 #828979

monochromatic

#3F4048 #5C5D69 #797A89 #9A9AA6 #BABBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#797A89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#797A89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797A89

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797A89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797A89	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797a89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 122, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.023 282.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa0ab',
    500: '#797a89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797a89;
$custom-light: #9fa0ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797a89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58377,
    "c": 0.02281,
    "h": 282.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797A89

secondary

#B2B2AB

accent

#AC78AF

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797A89

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

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