#797E89#797E89

#797E89 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.018 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E89
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 137)
HSL	hsl(221, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(221, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 0.49, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 6.60, 274.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0012 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.018 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8604, 20.7926, 26.6291)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E89 #898479

analogous

#798689 #797E89 #7C7989

triadic

#797E89 #89797E #7E8979

tetradic

#797E89 #897986 #898479 #79897C

square

#797E89 #897986 #898479 #79897C

split-complementary

#797E89 #897C79 #868979

monochromatic

#3F4248 #5C6069 #797E89 #9A9DA6 #BABDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#797E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#797E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E89

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E89	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758081

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.018 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3ab',
    500: '#797e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e89;
$custom-light: #9fa3ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.25,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59257,
    "c": 0.01777,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E89

secondary

#B2B0AB

accent

#9E78AF

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E89

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

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