#797D8D#797D8D

#797D8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.025 H 274.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797D8D
RGB	rgb(121, 125, 141)
HSL	hsl(228, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(228, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 11.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, 1.96, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 9.36, 282.10°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0019 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.025 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0254, 20.6550, 28.1259)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797D8D #8D8979

analogous

#79878D #797D8D #7F798D

triadic

#797D8D #8D797D #7D8D79

tetradic

#797D8D #8D7987 #8D8979 #798D7F

square

#797D8D #8D7987 #8D8979 #798D7F

split-complementary

#797D8D #8D7F79 #878D79

monochromatic

#40424B #5C606C #797D8D #9A9DA9 #BBBDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#797D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#797D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797D8D

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797D8D	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 125, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.025 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa2ae',
    500: '#797d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797d8d;
$custom-light: #9fa2ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59181,
    "c": 0.0248,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797D8D

secondary

#B5B4AC

accent

#A577B1

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797D8D

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

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