#797C8B#797C8B

#797C8B is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.023 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797C8B
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 139)
HSL	hsl(230, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(230, 13%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.22, 2.09, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.22, 8.75, 283.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% 0.0027 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.023 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7520, 20.3441, 27.3073)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797C8B #8B8879

analogous

#79858B #797C8B #7F798B

triadic

#797C8B #8B797C #7C8B79

tetradic

#797C8B #8B7985 #8B8879 #798B7F

square

#797C8B #8B7985 #8B8879 #798B7F

split-complementary

#797C8B #8B7F79 #858B79

monochromatic

#40414A #5C5F6B #797C8B #9A9CA7 #BBBCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#797C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#797C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797C8B

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797C8B	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.023 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1ac',
    500: '#797c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797c8b;
$custom-light: #9fa1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58888,
    "c": 0.02309,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797C8B

secondary

#B4B3AC

accent

#A778B0

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797C8B

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

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