#797F89#797F89

#797F89 is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.017 H 260.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797F89
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 137)
HSL	hsl(218, 6%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(218, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 7.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, -0.09, -6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 6.17, 269.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% -0.0027 -0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.017 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9889, 21.0496, 26.6719)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797F89 #898379

analogous

#798789 #797F89 #7B7989

triadic

#797F89 #89797F #7F8979

tetradic

#797F89 #897987 #898379 #79897B

square

#797F89 #897987 #898379 #79897B

split-complementary

#797F89 #897B79 #878979

monochromatic

#3F4348 #5C6169 #797F89 #9A9EA6 #BABDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#797F89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#797F89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797F89

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797F89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797F89	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)

#7C7F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797f89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.017 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa4ab',
    500: '#797f89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797f89;
$custom-light: #9fa4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797f89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 6.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59478,
    "c": 0.01681,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797F89

secondary

#B2B0AB

accent

#9B78AF

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797F89

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

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