#797E7C#797E7C

#797E7C is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.007 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E7C
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 124)
HSL	hsl(156, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(156, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 1.6%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -2.27, 0.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 2.31, 169.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0066 0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.007 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9834, 20.4418, 22.0104)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E7C #7E797B

analogous

#797E79 #797E7C #797D7E

triadic

#797E7C #7C797E #7E7C79

tetradic

#797E7C #79797E #7E797B #7D7E79

square

#797E7C #79797E #7E797B #7D7E79

split-complementary

#797E7C #7E797D #7E7979

monochromatic

#3D403F #5B5F5D #797E7C #989C9B #B7BAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#797E7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#797E7C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E7C

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E7C	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.007 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3a1',
    500: '#797e7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e7c;
$custom-light: #9fa3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 2.024,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58823,
    "c": 0.00669,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E7C

secondary

#ABA8A9

accent

#7D8FAB

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F3F2

border

#CCCDCC

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E7C

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

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