#797E81#797E81

#797E81 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.008 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E81
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 129)
HSL	hsl(203, 3%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 6%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.48, -1.24, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.48, 2.59, 241.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0045 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.008 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.3077, 20.5715, 23.7181)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E81 #817C79

analogous

#798180 #797E81 #797A81

triadic

#797E81 #81797E #7E8179

tetradic

#797E81 #807981 #817C79 #7A8179

square

#797E81 #807981 #817C79 #7A8179

split-complementary

#797E81 #81797A #818079

monochromatic

#3E4042 #5B5F61 #797E81 #989C9F #B8BBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#797E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#797E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E81

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E81	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)

#7D7E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7D81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.008 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3a5',
    500: '#797e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e81;
$custom-light: #9fa3a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 3.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58984,
    "c": 0.00755,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E81

secondary

#ADAAA9

accent

#8E7BAC

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E81

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

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