#797E7E#797E7E

#797E7E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.006 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E7E
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 126)
HSL	hsl(180, 2%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 4%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -1.86, -0.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 1.97, 199.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.89% -0.0057 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(58.89% 0.006 197)
XYZ	xyz(19.1112, 20.4929, 22.6833)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E7E #7E7979

analogous

#797E7B #797E7E #797B7E

triadic

#797E7E #7E797E #7E7E79

tetradic

#797E7E #7B797E #7E7979 #7B7E79

square

#797E7E #7B797E #7E7979 #7B7E79

split-complementary

#797E7E #7E797B #7E7B79

monochromatic

#3D4040 #5B5F5F #797E7E #989C9C #B7BABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#797E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#797E7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E7E

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E7E	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.006 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3a3',
    500: '#797e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e7e;
$custom-light: #9fa3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 2.024,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58886,
    "c": 0.00599,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.20493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E7E

secondary

#ABA8A8

accent

#7D7DAB

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F3

border

#CCCDCD

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E7E

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

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