#797D79#797D79

#797D79 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.008 H 145.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D79
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 121)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(120, 3%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 3.2%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, -2.30, 1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 2.84, 144.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0063 0.0043)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.008 145.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6694, 20.1126, 20.9840)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D79 #7D797D

analogous

#7B7D79 #797D79 #797D7B

triadic

#797D79 #79797D #7D7979

tetradic

#797D79 #797B7D #7D797D #7D7B79

square

#797D79 #797B7D #7D797D #7D7B79

split-complementary

#797D79 #7B797D #7D797B

monochromatic

#3D3F3D #5B5E5B #797D79 #989B98 #B7B9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#797D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#797D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D79

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D79	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	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)

#7D7C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.008 145.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa29f',
    500: '#797d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d79;
$custom-light: #9fa29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 1.626,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58504,
    "c": 0.00767,
    "h": 145.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D79

secondary

#AAA8AA

accent

#7DABAB

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D79

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

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