#797E8A#797E8A

#797E8A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.019 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E8A
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(222, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(222, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, 0.71, -7.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 7.16, 275.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0008 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.019 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9324, 20.8214, 27.0086)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E8A #8A8579

analogous

#79868A #797E8A #7C798A

triadic

#797E8A #8A797E #7E8A79

tetradic

#797E8A #8A7986 #8A8579 #798A7C

square

#797E8A #8A7986 #8A8579 #798A7C

split-complementary

#797E8A #8A7C79 #868A79

monochromatic

#404249 #5C606A #797E8A #9A9DA7 #BABDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#797E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#797E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E8A

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E8A	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)

#7B7F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.019 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3ac',
    500: '#797e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e8a;
$custom-light: #9fa3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59292,
    "c": 0.01921,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E8A

secondary

#B3B1AC

accent

#9F78B0

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E8A

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

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