#797B89#797B89

#797B89 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.021 H 279.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B89
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 137)
HSL	hsl(233, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(233, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 10.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 2.23, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 8.15, 285.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% 0.0034 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.021 279.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4825, 20.0368, 26.5031)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B89 #898779

analogous

#798389 #797B89 #7F7989

triadic

#797B89 #89797B #7B8979

tetradic

#797B89 #897983 #898779 #79897F

square

#797B89 #897983 #898779 #79897F

split-complementary

#797B89 #897F79 #838979

monochromatic

#3F4148 #5C5E69 #797B89 #9A9BA6 #BABBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#797B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#797B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B89

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B89	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767D7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.021 279.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1ab',
    500: '#797b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b89;
$custom-light: #9fa1ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58596,
    "c": 0.02141,
    "h": 279.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B89

secondary

#B2B2AB

accent

#A978AF

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B89

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

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