#797E70#797E70

#797E70 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.022 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E70
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 112)
HSL	hsl(81, 6%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(81, 11%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 11.1%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.01, -4.60, 6.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.01, 8.36, 123.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.0118 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.022 123.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2702, 20.1565, 18.2542)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E70 #75707E

analogous

#7E7C70 #797E70 #727E70

triadic

#797E70 #70797E #7E7079

tetradic

#797E70 #707E7C #75707E #7E7072

square

#797E70 #707E7C #75707E #7E7072

split-complementary

#797E70 #70727E #7C707E

monochromatic

#3B3D36 #5A5E53 #797E70 #979C8F #B5B9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#797E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#797E70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E70

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E70	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.022 123.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa399',
    500: '#797e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e70;
$custom-light: #9fa399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 5.882,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58465,
    "c": 0.02169,
    "h": 123.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E70

secondary

#A4A1A9

accent

#79AF8C

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0D

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E70

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

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