#797B85#797B85

#797B85 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.015 H 276.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B85
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 133)
HSL	hsl(230, 5%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(230, 9%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 7.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 1.35, -5.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 5.85, 283.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% 0.0018 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.015 276.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2009, 19.9242, 25.0199)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B85 #858379

analogous

#798185 #797B85 #7D7985

triadic

#797B85 #85797B #7B8579

tetradic

#797B85 #857981 #858379 #79857D

square

#797B85 #857981 #858379 #79857D

split-complementary

#797B85 #857D79 #818579

monochromatic

#3F4045 #5C5D65 #797B85 #999BA2 #B9BABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#797B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#797B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B85

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B85	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797C86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.015 276.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1a8',
    500: '#797b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b85;
$custom-light: #9fa1a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 4.724,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58454,
    "c": 0.01537,
    "h": 276.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B85

secondary

#B0AFAA

accent

#A57AAE

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B85

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

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