#797F8D#797F8D

#797F8D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.022 H 267.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797F8D
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 141)
HSL	hsl(222, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(222, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 9.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, 0.80, -8.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 8.35, 275.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.0011 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.022 267.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.2812, 21.1665, 28.2112)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797F8D #8D8779

analogous

#79898D #797F8D #7D798D

triadic

#797F8D #8D797F #7F8D79

tetradic

#797F8D #8D7989 #8D8779 #798D7D

square

#797F8D #8D7989 #8D8779 #798D7D

split-complementary

#797F8D #8D7D79 #898D79

monochromatic

#40444B #5C616C #797F8D #9A9FA9 #BBBEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#797F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#797F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797F8D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797F8D	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B808E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748283

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.022 267.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa4ae',
    500: '#797f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797f8d;
$custom-light: #9fa4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59621,
    "c": 0.02247,
    "h": 267.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797F8D

secondary

#B5B3AC

accent

#A077B1

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797F8D

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

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