#797D72#797D72

#797D72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.017 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D72
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 114)
HSL	hsl(82, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(82, 9%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 8.8%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.78, -3.66, 5.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.78, 6.59, 123.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% -0.0094 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.017 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2556, 19.9471, 18.8048)
Luminance	0.1995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D72 #76727D

analogous

#7D7C72 #797D72 #747D72

triadic

#797D72 #72797D #7D7279

tetradic

#797D72 #727D7C #76727D #7D7274

square

#797D72 #727D7C #76727D #7D7274

split-complementary

#797D72 #72747D #7C727D

monochromatic

#3B3D38 #5A5D55 #797D72 #979B91 #B6B8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#797D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#797D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D72

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D72	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7C71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.017 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa29a',
    500: '#797d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d72;
$custom-light: #9fa29a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 4.603,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58295,
    "c": 0.01711,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D72

secondary

#A5A3A8

accent

#7AAE8D

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D72

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

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