#797F8A#797F8A

#797F8A is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.018 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797F8A
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 138)
HSL	hsl(219, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(219, 12%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.04, 0.13, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.04, 6.71, 271.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0023 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.018 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0610, 21.0784, 27.0515)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797F8A #8A8479

analogous

#79878A #797F8A #7B798A

triadic

#797F8A #8A797F #7F8A79

tetradic

#797F8A #8A7987 #8A8479 #798A7B

square

#797F8A #8A7987 #8A8479 #798A7B

split-complementary

#797F8A #8A7B79 #878A79

monochromatic

#404349 #5C616A #797F8A #9A9EA7 #BABDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#797F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#797F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797F8A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797F8A	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#758182

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.018 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa4ac',
    500: '#797f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797f8a;
$custom-light: #9fa4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 6.773,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59514,
    "c": 0.0182,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797F8A

secondary

#B3B1AC

accent

#9C78B0

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797F8A

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

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