#797E6D#797E6D

#797E6D is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.026 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E6D
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 109)
HSL	hsl(78, 7%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(78, 13%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 13.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.94, -5.15, 8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.94, 10.05, 120.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0132 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.026 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1060, 20.0908, 17.3891)
Luminance	0.2009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E6D #726D7E

analogous

#7E7A6D #797E6D #707E6D

triadic

#797E6D #6D797E #7E6D79

tetradic

#797E6D #6D7E7A #726D7E #7E6D70

square

#797E6D #6D7E7A #726D7E #7E6D70

split-complementary

#797E6D #6D707E #7A6D7E

monochromatic

#3A3C34 #595D51 #797E6D #979C8C #B5B8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#797E6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#797E6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E6D

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E6D	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)

#807C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807C6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.026 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa396',
    500: '#797e6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e6d;
$custom-light: #9fa396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.647,
    "s": 7.234,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58382,
    "c": 0.02596,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E6D

secondary

#A19FA8

accent

#78B088

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0D

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E6D

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

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