#797E71#797E71

#797E71 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.020 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E71
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 113)
HSL	hsl(83, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(83, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 10.3%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, -4.42, 6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 7.81, 124.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0114 0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.02 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3262, 20.1789, 18.5490)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E71 #76717E

analogous

#7E7D71 #797E71 #737E71

triadic

#797E71 #71797E #7E7179

tetradic

#797E71 #717E7D #76717E #7E7173

square

#797E71 #717E7D #76717E #7E7173

split-complementary

#797E71 #71737E #7D717E

monochromatic

#3B3D37 #5A5E54 #797E71 #979C90 #B6B9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#797E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#797E71 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E71

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E71	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7C71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.020 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa399',
    500: '#797e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e71;
$custom-light: #9fa399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 5.439,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58493,
    "c": 0.02028,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E71

secondary

#A5A2A9

accent

#79AF8E

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E71

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

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