#797F74#797F74

#797F74 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.018 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797F74
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 116)
HSL	hsl(93, 5%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(93, 9%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -4.42, 5.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 6.83, 130.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0116 0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.018 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6264, 20.5046, 19.4961)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797F74 #7A747F

analogous

#7F7F74 #797F74 #747F74

triadic

#797F74 #74797F #7F7479

tetradic

#797F74 #747F7F #7A747F #7F7474

square

#797F74 #747F7F #7A747F #7F7474

split-complementary

#797F74 #74747F #7F747F

monochromatic

#3C3F3A #5B5F57 #797F74 #989D93 #B6BAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#797F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#797F74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797F74

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797F74	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7D74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#797E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.018 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa49c',
    500: '#797f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797f74;
$custom-light: #9fa49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.727,
    "s": 4.527,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58806,
    "c": 0.0179,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797F74

secondary

#A8A5AA

accent

#7AAE96

background

#F9FAF9

surface

#F2F4F2

border

#CCCECC

text

#0E0F0E

muted

#7E7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #797F74

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →