#797E8D#797E8D

#797E8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.024 H 271.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E8D
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 141)
HSL	hsl(225, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(225, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 10.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 1.38, -8.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 8.84, 278.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.0004 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.024 271)
XYZ	xyz(20.1526, 20.9095, 28.1683)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E8D #8D8879

analogous

#79888D #797E8D #7E798D

triadic

#797E8D #8D797E #7E8D79

tetradic

#797E8D #8D7988 #8D8879 #798D7E

square

#797E8D #8D7988 #8D8879 #798D7E

split-complementary

#797E8D #8D7E79 #888D79

monochromatic

#40434B #5C606C #797E8D #9A9EA9 #BBBEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#797E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#797E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E8D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E8D	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758183

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.024 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa3ae',
    500: '#797e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e8d;
$custom-light: #9fa3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.594,
    "c": 0.02358,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.2091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E8D

secondary

#B5B3AC

accent

#A277B1

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E8D

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

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