#797E99#797E99

#797E99 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.042 H 276.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E99
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 153)
HSL	hsl(231, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(231, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, 4.18, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 15.67, 285.49°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.0049 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.042 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.0944, 21.2862, 33.1281)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E99 #999479

analogous

#798E99 #797E99 #847999

triadic

#797E99 #99797E #7E9979

tetradic

#797E99 #99798E #999479 #799984

square

#797E99 #99798E #999479 #799984

split-complementary

#797E99 #998479 #8E9979

monochromatic

#424556 #5C6079 #797E99 #9C9FB3 #BEC1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#797E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#797E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E99

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E99	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77809A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.042 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3b7',
    500: '#797e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e99;
$custom-light: #a0a3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.625,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59858,
    "c": 0.0415,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E99

secondary

#BEBCB0

accent

#AC71B6

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F6

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E99

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

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