#797F7E#797F7E

#797F7E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.007 H 185.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797F7E
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 126)
HSL	hsl(170, 2%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 5%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 0.8%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.67, -2.43, -0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.67, 2.44, 185.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.11% -0.0073 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(59.11% 0.007 185.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.2397, 20.7499, 22.7261)
Luminance	0.2075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797F7E #7F797A

analogous

#797F7B #797F7E #797D7F

triadic

#797F7E #7E797F #7F7E79

tetradic

#797F7E #7B797F #7F797A #7D7F79

square

#797F7E #7B797F #7F797A #7D7F79

split-complementary

#797F7E #7F797D #7F7B79

monochromatic

#3D4040 #5B605F #797F7E #989D9C #B8BBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#797F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#797F7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797F7E

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797F7E	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.007 185.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa4a3',
    500: '#797f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797f7e;
$custom-light: #9fa4a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 2.419,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59111,
    "c": 0.00732,
    "h": 185.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797F7E

secondary

#ABA8A9

accent

#7C84AC

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F3

border

#CCCECD

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797F7E

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

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