#797E79#797E79

#797E79 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.010 H 145.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E79
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 121)
HSL	hsl(120, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(120, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 4%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.25, -2.87, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.25, 3.54, 144.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.0079 0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.01 145.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7966, 20.3671, 21.0264)
Luminance	0.2037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E79 #7E797E

analogous

#7B7E79 #797E79 #797E7B

triadic

#797E79 #79797E #7E7979

tetradic

#797E79 #797B7E #7E797E #7E7B79

square

#797E79 #797B7E #7E797E #7E7B79

split-complementary

#797E79 #7B797E #7E797B

monochromatic

#3D403D #5B5F5B #797E79 #989C98 #B7BAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#797E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#797E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E79

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E79	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.010 145.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa39f',
    500: '#797e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e79;
$custom-light: #9fa39f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 120,
    "s": 2.024,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58729,
    "c": 0.00957,
    "h": 145.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E79

secondary

#ABA8AB

accent

#7DABAB

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E79

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

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