#797E91#797E91

#797E91 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.030 H 273.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E91
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 145)
HSL	hsl(228, 10%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(228, 17%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 2.30, -10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 11.10, 281.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.002 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.03 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4557, 21.0307, 29.7642)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E91 #918C79

analogous

#798A91 #797E91 #807991

triadic

#797E91 #91797E #7E9179

tetradic

#797E91 #91798A #918C79 #799180

square

#797E91 #91798A #918C79 #799180

split-complementary

#797E91 #918079 #8A9179

monochromatic

#41444F #5C6170 #797E91 #9B9EAD #BCBFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#797E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#797E91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E91

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E91	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777E91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.030 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3b1',
    500: '#797e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e91;
$custom-light: #a0a3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.5,
    "s": 9.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59548,
    "c": 0.02951,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E91

secondary

#B8B6AE

accent

#A675B3

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F3F5

border

#CCCDCF

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E91

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

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