#797B8A#797B8A

#797B8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.023 H 279.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B8A
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 138)
HSL	hsl(233, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(233, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 10.9%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 2.45, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 8.73, 286.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.0038 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.023 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5546, 20.0657, 26.8827)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B8A #8A8879

analogous

#79838A #797B8A #7F798A

triadic

#797B8A #8A797B #7B8A79

tetradic

#797B8A #8A7983 #8A8879 #798A7F

square

#797B8A #8A7983 #8A8879 #798A7F

split-complementary

#797B8A #8A7F79 #838A79

monochromatic

#404149 #5C5E6A #797B8A #9A9BA7 #BABBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#797B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#797B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B8A

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B8A	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)

#777C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.023 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1ac',
    500: '#797b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b8a;
$custom-light: #9fa1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58632,
    "c": 0.02292,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B8A

secondary

#B3B2AC

accent

#A978B0

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B8A

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

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