#797F72#797F72

#797F72 is a mid, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.021 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797F72
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 114)
HSL	hsl(88, 5%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(88, 10%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 10.2%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, -4.79, 6.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 7.92, 127.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0125 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.021 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5113, 20.4586, 18.8900)
Luminance	0.2046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797F72 #78727F

analogous

#7F7E72 #797F72 #737F72

triadic

#797F72 #72797F #7F7279

tetradic

#797F72 #727F7E #78727F #7F7273

square

#797F72 #727F7E #78727F #7F7273

split-complementary

#797F72 #72737F #7E727F

monochromatic

#3C3E38 #5A5F55 #797F72 #989D91 #B6BAB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#797F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#797F72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797F72

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797F72	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817D71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807D73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A7E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.021 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa49a',
    500: '#797f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797f72;
$custom-light: #9fa49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.692,
    "s": 5.394,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58749,
    "c": 0.02065,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797F72

secondary

#A6A3AA

accent

#79AF92

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F4F2

border

#CCCECC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797F72

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

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