#797B87#797B87

#797B87 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.018 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B87
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 135)
HSL	hsl(231, 6%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(231, 10%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, 1.78, -6.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 7.00, 284.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% 0.0027 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.018 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3404, 19.9800, 25.7546)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#797B87 #878579

analogous

#798287 #797B87 #7E7987

triadic

#797B87 #87797B #7B8779

tetradic

#797B87 #877982 #878579 #79877E

square

#797B87 #877982 #878579 #79877E

split-complementary

#797B87 #877E79 #828779

monochromatic

#3F4046 #5C5E67 #797B87 #999BA4 #BABBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#797B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#797B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B87

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B87	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.018 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1aa',
    500: '#797b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b87;
$custom-light: #9fa1aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 5.512,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58525,
    "c": 0.01838,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B87

secondary

#B1B0AB

accent

#A779AF

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B87

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

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