#797C8A#797C8A

#797C8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.022 H 276.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797C8A
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 138)
HSL	hsl(229, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(229, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.19, 1.87, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.19, 8.18, 283.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.85% 0.0023 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(58.85% 0.022 276.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6793, 20.3150, 26.9242)
Luminance	0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797C8A #8A8779

analogous

#79848A #797C8A #7E798A

triadic

#797C8A #8A797C #7C8A79

tetradic

#797C8A #8A7984 #8A8779 #798A7E

square

#797C8A #8A7984 #8A8779 #798A7E

split-complementary

#797C8A #8A7E79 #848A79

monochromatic

#404149 #5C5F6A #797C8A #9A9CA7 #BABCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#797C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#797C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797C8A

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797C8A	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.022 276.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1ac',
    500: '#797c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797c8a;
$custom-light: #9fa1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58852,
    "c": 0.02158,
    "h": 276.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797C8A

secondary

#B3B2AC

accent

#A678B0

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797C8A

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

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