#797B80#797B80

#797B80 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.008 H 268.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B80
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 128)
HSL	hsl(223, 3%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(223, 5%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 3.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.60, 0.28, -2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.60, 3.00, 275.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0002 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.008 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8637, 19.7893, 23.2438)
Luminance	0.1979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B80 #807E79

analogous

#797F80 #797B80 #7B7980

triadic

#797B80 #80797B #7B8079

tetradic

#797B80 #80797F #807E79 #79807B

square

#797B80 #80797F #807E79 #79807B

split-complementary

#797B80 #807B79 #7F8079

monochromatic

#3E3F41 #5B5D61 #797B80 #989A9E #B8B9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#797B80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#797B80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B80

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B80	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)

#7A7B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797B80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.008 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1a4',
    500: '#797b80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b80;
$custom-light: #9fa1a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 2.811,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58283,
    "c": 0.00796,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B80

secondary

#ACABA9

accent

#9E7CAC

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B80

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

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