#797E80#797E80

#797E80 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.007 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E80
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 128)
HSL	hsl(197, 3%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 5%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, -1.45, -1.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 2.26, 230.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.0049 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.007 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2415, 20.5450, 23.3698)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E80 #807B79

analogous

#79807F #797E80 #797B80

triadic

#797E80 #80797E #7E8079

tetradic

#797E80 #7F7980 #807B79 #7B8079

square

#797E80 #7F7980 #807B79 #7B8079

split-complementary

#797E80 #80797B #807F79

monochromatic

#3E4041 #5B5F61 #797E80 #989C9E #B8BBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#797E80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#797E80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E80

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E80	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7E80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.007 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3a4',
    500: '#797e80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e80;
$custom-light: #9fa3a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 2.811,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58951,
    "c": 0.00674,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E80

secondary

#ACAAA9

accent

#8A7CAC

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E80

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

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