#797C8F#797C8F

#797C8F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.029 H 278.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797C8F
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 143)
HSL	hsl(232, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(232, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 13.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, 3.00, -10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 11.05, 285.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% 0.0042 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.029 278.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0496, 20.4632, 28.8748)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797C8F #8F8C79

analogous

#79878F #797C8F #81798F

triadic

#797C8F #8F797C #7C8F79

tetradic

#797C8F #8F7987 #8F8C79 #798F81

square

#797C8F #8F7987 #8F8C79 #798F81

split-complementary

#797C8F #8F8179 #878F79

monochromatic

#40424D #5C5F6E #797C8F #9A9DAB #BCBDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#797C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#797C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797C8F

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797C8F	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#777E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#747F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.029 278.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa1af',
    500: '#797c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797c8f;
$custom-light: #9fa1af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 8.943,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59036,
    "c": 0.02911,
    "h": 278.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797C8F

secondary

#B7B5AD

accent

#AA76B2

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797C8F

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

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