#797C8D#797C8D

#797C8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.026 H 277.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797C8D
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 141)
HSL	hsl(231, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(231, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 2.54, -9.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 9.90, 284.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.0035 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.026 277.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8995, 20.4031, 28.0839)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797C8D #8D8A79

analogous

#79868D #797C8D #80798D

triadic

#797C8D #8D797C #7C8D79

tetradic

#797C8D #8D7986 #8D8A79 #798D80

square

#797C8D #8D7986 #8D8A79 #798D80

split-complementary

#797C8D #8D8079 #868D79

monochromatic

#40424B #5C5F6C #797C8D #9A9CA9 #BBBDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#797C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#797C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797C8D

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797C8D	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.026 277.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1ae',
    500: '#797c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797c8d;
$custom-light: #9fa1ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58962,
    "c": 0.02609,
    "h": 277.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797C8D

secondary

#B5B4AC

accent

#A877B1

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797C8D

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

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