#797C81#797C81

#797C81 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.008 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797C81
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 129)
HSL	hsl(218, 3%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(218, 6%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 3.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, -0.09, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 3.11, 268.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.0014 -0.0083)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.008 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.0545, 20.0651, 23.6337)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797C81 #817E79

analogous

#798081 #797C81 #7A7981

triadic

#797C81 #81797C #7C8179

tetradic

#797C81 #817980 #817E79 #79817A

square

#797C81 #817980 #817E79 #79817A

split-complementary

#797C81 #817A79 #808179

monochromatic

#3E3F42 #5B5E61 #797C81 #989B9F #B8BABC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#797C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#797C81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797C81

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797C81	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)

#7A7C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7B81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.008 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1a5',
    500: '#797c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797c81;
$custom-light: #9fa1a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 3.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58539,
    "c": 0.00842,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797C81

secondary

#ADABA9

accent

#9A7BAC

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797C81

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

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