#797A8A#797A8A

#797A8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.024 H 282.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797A8A
RGB	rgb(121, 122, 138)
HSL	hsl(236, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(236, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 11.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 3.03, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 9.31, 289.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.0054 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.024 282.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.4312, 19.8188, 26.8415)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797A8A #8A8979

analogous

#79828A #797A8A #80798A

triadic

#797A8A #8A797A #7A8A79

tetradic

#797A8A #8A7982 #8A8979 #798A80

square

#797A8A #8A7982 #8A8979 #798A80

split-complementary

#797A8A #8A8079 #828A79

monochromatic

#404049 #5C5D6A #797A8A #9A9AA7 #BABBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#797A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#797A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797A8A

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797A8A	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	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)

#767C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 122, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.024 282.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa0ac',
    500: '#797a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797a8a;
$custom-light: #9fa0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58414,
    "c": 0.02433,
    "h": 282.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797A8A

secondary

#B3B3AC

accent

#AD78B0

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797A8A

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

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