#79808F#79808F

#79808F is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.024 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79808F
RGB	rgb(121, 128, 143)
HSL	hsl(221, 9%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(221, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 10.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 0.68, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 8.98, 274.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0018 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.024 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5611, 21.4861, 29.0452)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79808F #8F8879

analogous

#798B8F #79808F #7D798F

triadic

#79808F #8F7980 #808F79

tetradic

#79808F #8F798B #8F8879 #798F7D

square

#79808F #8F798B #8F8879 #798F7D

split-complementary

#79808F #8F7D79 #8B8F79

monochromatic

#40444D #5C626E #79808F #9AA0AB #BCBFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#79808F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#79808F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79808F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79808F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79808F	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7F8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748385

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79808f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 128, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.024 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa4af',
    500: '#79808f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79808f;
$custom-light: #9fa4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79808f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 8.943,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59914,
    "c": 0.02429,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79808F

secondary

#B7B4AD

accent

#9F76B2

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E0F10

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79808F

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

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