#797E85#797E85

#797E85 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.012 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E85
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 133)
HSL	hsl(215, 5%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(215, 9%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 5.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.60, -0.39, -4.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.60, 4.45, 265.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% -0.0028 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.012 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5788, 20.6799, 25.1459)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E85 #858079

analogous

#798485 #797E85 #7A7985

triadic

#797E85 #85797E #7E8579

tetradic

#797E85 #857984 #858079 #79857A

square

#797E85 #857984 #858079 #79857A

split-complementary

#797E85 #857A79 #848579

monochromatic

#3F4145 #5C6065 #797E85 #999DA2 #B9BCBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#797E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#797E85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E85

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E85	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.012 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3a8',
    500: '#797e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e85;
$custom-light: #9fa3a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 4.724,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59118,
    "c": 0.01222,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E85

secondary

#B0ADAA

accent

#987AAE

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E85

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

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