#797B79#797B79

#797B79 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.004 H 145.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B79
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 121)
HSL	hsl(120, 1%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(120, 2%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 1.6%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, -1.15, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 1.42, 144.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0032 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.004 145.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4187, 19.6113, 20.9005)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B79 #7B797B

analogous

#7A7B79 #797B79 #797B7A

triadic

#797B79 #79797B #7B7979

tetradic

#797B79 #797A7B #7B797B #7B7A79

square

#797B79 #797A7B #7B797B #7B7A79

split-complementary

#797B79 #7A797B #7B797A

monochromatic

#3C3D3C #5B5C5B #797B79 #989998 #B7B8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#797B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#797B79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B79

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B79	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.004 145.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa19f',
    500: '#797b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b79;
$custom-light: #9fa19f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 0.82,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58056,
    "c": 0.00384,
    "h": 145.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B79

secondary

#A8A7A8

accent

#7EAAAA

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0E0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B79

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

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