#797D8A#797D8A

#797D8A is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.020 H 272.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D8A
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 138)
HSL	hsl(226, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(226, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 1.29, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 7.65, 279.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.07% 0.0008 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(59.07% 0.02 272.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8052, 20.5669, 26.9662)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D8A #8A8679

analogous

#79858A #797D8A #7D798A

triadic

#797D8A #8A797D #7D8A79

tetradic

#797D8A #8A7985 #8A8679 #798A7D

square

#797D8A #8A7985 #8A8679 #798A7D

split-complementary

#797D8A #8A7D79 #858A79

monochromatic

#404249 #5C5F6A #797D8A #9A9DA7 #BABCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#797D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#797D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D8A

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D8A	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#757F81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.020 272.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa2ac',
    500: '#797d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d8a;
$custom-light: #9fa2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59072,
    "c": 0.02033,
    "h": 272.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D8A

secondary

#B3B1AC

accent

#A378B0

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D8A

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

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