#797D7D#797D7D

#797D7D is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.005 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D7D
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 125)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 3%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.2%, 0%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -1.49, -0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 1.58, 199.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% -0.0046 -0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.005 197)
XYZ	xyz(18.9198, 20.2127, 22.3028)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D7D #7D7979

analogous

#797D7B #797D7D #797B7D

triadic

#797D7D #7D797D #7D7D79

tetradic

#797D7D #7B797D #7D7979 #7B7D79

square

#797D7D #7B797D #7D7979 #7B7D79

split-complementary

#797D7D #7D797B #7D7B79

monochromatic

#3D3F3F #5B5E5E #797D7D #989B9B #B7B9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#797D7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#797D7D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D7D

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D7D	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.005 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa2a2',
    500: '#797d7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d7d;
$custom-light: #9fa2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 1.626,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5863,
    "c": 0.00481,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.20213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D7D

secondary

#AAA8A8

accent

#7D7DAB

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F2F2

border

#CCCCCC

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D7D

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

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