#797E7F#797E7F

#797E7F is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.006 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E7F
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 127)
HSL	hsl(190, 2%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 5%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -1.66, -1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 2.04, 215.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0053 -0.0032)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.006 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1760, 20.5188, 23.0248)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E7F #7F7A79

analogous

#797F7D #797E7F #797B7F

triadic

#797E7F #7F797E #7E7F79

tetradic

#797E7F #7D797F #7F7A79 #7B7F79

square

#797E7F #7D797F #7F7A79 #7B7F79

split-complementary

#797E7F #7F797B #7F7D79

monochromatic

#3D4040 #5B5F60 #797E7F #989C9D #B8BABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#797E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#797E7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E7F

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E7F	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#7D7E7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.006 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3a4',
    500: '#797e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e7f;
$custom-light: #9fa3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 2.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58919,
    "c": 0.0062,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E7F

secondary

#ABA9A8

accent

#847CAC

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E7F

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

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