#797E72#797E72

#797E72 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.019 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E72
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 114)
HSL	hsl(85, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(85, 10%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 9.5%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, -4.23, 5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 7.25, 125.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.011 0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.019 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3828, 20.2015, 18.8472)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E72 #77727E

analogous

#7E7D72 #797E72 #737E72

triadic

#797E72 #72797E #7E7279

tetradic

#797E72 #727E7D #77727E #7E7273

square

#797E72 #727E7D #77727E #7E7273

split-complementary

#797E72 #72737E #7D727E

monochromatic

#3B3E38 #5A5E55 #797E72 #979C91 #B6B9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#797E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#797E72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E72

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E72	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)

#807C71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7C72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.019 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa39a',
    500: '#797e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e72;
$custom-light: #9fa39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58522,
    "c": 0.01887,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E72

secondary

#A5A3A9

accent

#7AAE90

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E72

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

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