#797E87#797E87

#797E87 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.015 H 262.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E87
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 135)
HSL	hsl(219, 6%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(219, 10%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, 0.05, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 5.51, 270.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.19% -0.002 -0.0148)
OKLCH	oklch(59.19% 0.015 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.7183, 20.7357, 25.8805)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E87 #878279

analogous

#798587 #797E87 #7B7987

triadic

#797E87 #87797E #7E8779

tetradic

#797E87 #877985 #878279 #79877B

square

#797E87 #877985 #878279 #79877B

split-complementary

#797E87 #877B79 #858779

monochromatic

#3F4246 #5C6067 #797E87 #999DA4 #BABCC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#797E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#797E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E87

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E87	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#768081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.015 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3aa',
    500: '#797e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e87;
$custom-light: #9fa3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 5.512,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59187,
    "c": 0.01494,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E87

secondary

#B1AFAB

accent

#9C79AF

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E87

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

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