#797D7E#797D7E

#797D7E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.005 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D7E
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 126)
HSL	hsl(192, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(192, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, -1.29, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 1.67, 219.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0042 -0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.005 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9840, 20.2384, 22.6409)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D7E #7E7A79

analogous

#797E7C #797D7E #797A7E

triadic

#797D7E #7E797D #7D7E79

tetradic

#797D7E #7C797E #7E7A79 #7A7E79

square

#797D7E #7C797E #7E7A79 #7A7E79

split-complementary

#797D7E #7E797A #7E7C79

monochromatic

#3D3F40 #5B5E5F #797D7E #989B9C #B7BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#797D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#797D7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D7E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D7E	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.005 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa2a3',
    500: '#797d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d7e;
$custom-light: #9fa2a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 2.024,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58663,
    "c": 0.00506,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D7E

secondary

#ABA9A8

accent

#867DAB

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F3

border

#CCCCCD

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D7E

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

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