#797C8E#797C8E

#797C8E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.028 H 278.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797C8E
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 142)
HSL	hsl(231, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(231, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, 2.77, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 10.48, 285.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.0039 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.028 278)
XYZ	xyz(19.9742, 20.4330, 28.4776)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797C8E #8E8B79

analogous

#79878E #797C8E #81798E

triadic

#797C8E #8E797C #7C8E79

tetradic

#797C8E #8E7987 #8E8B79 #798E81

square

#797C8E #8E7987 #8E8B79 #798E81

split-complementary

#797C8E #8E8179 #878E79

monochromatic

#40424C #5C5F6D #797C8E #9A9CAA #BBBDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#797C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#797C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797C8E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797C8E	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.028 278.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1af',
    500: '#797c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797c8e;
$custom-light: #9fa1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 8.502,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58999,
    "c": 0.0276,
    "h": 278
  },
  "luminance": 0.20433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797C8E

secondary

#B6B5AD

accent

#A976B2

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797C8E

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

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