#79817E#79817E

#79817E is a mid, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.010 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79817E
RGB	rgb(121, 129, 126)
HSL	hsl(158, 3%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(158, 6%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.2%, 0%, 2.3%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -3.57, 0.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 3.62, 170.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% -0.0104 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.01 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5006, 21.2716, 22.8131)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79817E #81797C

analogous

#79817A #79817E #798081

triadic

#79817E #7E7981 #817E79

tetradic

#79817E #7A7981 #81797C #808179

square

#79817E #7A7981 #81797C #808179

split-complementary

#79817E #817980 #817A79

monochromatic

#3E4240 #5B615F #79817E #989F9C #B8BCBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#79817E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#79817E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79817E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79817E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79817E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80807E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#778180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79817e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 129, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.010 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9fa5a3',
    500: '#79817e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79817e;
$custom-light: #9fa5a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79817e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 3.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59561,
    "c": 0.01049,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79817E

secondary

#ADA9AA

accent

#7B8EAC

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F3

border

#CCCECD

text

#0E0F0F

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #79817E

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

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