#797E7A#797E7A

#797E7A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.008 H 151.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E7A
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 122)
HSL	hsl(132, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(132, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 3.2%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.28, -2.67, 1.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.28, 3.08, 150.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0074 0.004)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.008 151.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8582, 20.3917, 21.3511)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E7A #7E797D

analogous

#7A7E79 #797E7A #797E7C

triadic

#797E7A #7A797E #7E7A79

tetradic

#797E7A #797A7E #7E797D #7E7C79

square

#797E7A #797A7E #7E797D #7E7C79

split-complementary

#797E7A #7C797E #7E797A

monochromatic

#3D403E #5B5F5C #797E7A #989C99 #B7BAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#797E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#797E7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E7A

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E7A	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.008 151.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3a0',
    500: '#797e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e7a;
$custom-light: #9fa3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 132,
    "s": 2.024,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5876,
    "c": 0.00846,
    "h": 151.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E7A

secondary

#ABA8AA

accent

#7DA2AB

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E7A

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

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