#797E73#797E73

#797E73 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.017 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E73
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 115)
HSL	hsl(87, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(87, 9%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 8.7%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -4.04, 5.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 6.70, 127.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.0105 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.017 127)
XYZ	xyz(18.4400, 20.2244, 19.1486)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E73 #78737E

analogous

#7E7D73 #797E73 #747E73

triadic

#797E73 #73797E #7E7379

tetradic

#797E73 #737E7D #78737E #7E7374

square

#797E73 #737E7D #78737E #7E7374

split-complementary

#797E73 #73747E #7D737E

monochromatic

#3C3E39 #5A5E56 #797E73 #989C92 #B6B9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#797E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#797E73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E73

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E73	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	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)

#7F7C72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.017 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa39b',
    500: '#797e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e73;
$custom-light: #9fa39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.273,
    "s": 4.564,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58551,
    "c": 0.01747,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.20224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E73

secondary

#A6A4A9

accent

#7AAE92

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E73

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

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