#797D78#797D78

#797D78 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.009 H 139.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D78
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 120)
HSL	hsl(108, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(108, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 4%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -2.50, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 3.33, 138.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.0067 0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.009 139.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6084, 20.0882, 20.6627)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D78 #7C787D

analogous

#7B7D78 #797D78 #787D79

triadic

#797D78 #78797D #7D7879

tetradic

#797D78 #787B7D #7C787D #7D7978

square

#797D78 #787B7D #7C787D #7D7978

split-complementary

#797D78 #79787D #7D787B

monochromatic

#3D3F3C #5B5E5A #797D78 #989B97 #B7B9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#797D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#797D78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D78

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D78	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7C78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.009 139.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa29f',
    500: '#797d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d78;
$custom-light: #9fa29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 108,
    "s": 2.041,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58474,
    "c": 0.00889,
    "h": 139.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D78

secondary

#A9A7AA

accent

#7DABA2

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D78

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

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