#797E90#797E90

#797E90 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.028 H 273.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E90
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 144)
HSL	hsl(227, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(227, 16%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 12.5%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.95, 2.07, -10.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.95, 10.54, 281.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.0016 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.028 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.3789, 21.0000, 29.3599)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E90 #908B79

analogous

#798A90 #797E90 #807990

triadic

#797E90 #90797E #7E9079

tetradic

#797E90 #90798A #908B79 #799080

square

#797E90 #90798A #908B79 #799080

split-complementary

#797E90 #908079 #8A9079

monochromatic

#41444E #5C606F #797E90 #9A9EAC #BCBEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#797E90 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#797E90 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E90

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E90	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E90	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787E90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e90;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.028 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3b0',
    500: '#797e90',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e90;
$custom-light: #a0a3b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e90",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 9.388,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59511,
    "c": 0.02802,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E90

secondary

#B7B5AD

accent

#A575B2

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F4

border

#CCCDCE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E90

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

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