#798B8A#798B8A

#798B8A is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.021 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#798B8A
RGB	rgb(121, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 7%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 13%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, -6.68, -1.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 6.88, 193.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0204 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.021 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.7041, 24.3647, 27.5992)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#798B8A #8B797A

analogous

#798B81 #798B8A #79838B

triadic

#798B8A #8A798B #8B8A79

tetradic

#798B8A #81798B #8B797A #838B79

square

#798B8A #81798B #8B797A #838B79

split-complementary

#798B8A #8B7983 #8B8179

monochromatic

#404A49 #5C6B6A #798B8A #9AA7A7 #BBC4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#798B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#798B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #798B8A

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##798B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##798B8A	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89898A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85868A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #798b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.021 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0acac',
    500: '#798b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #798b8a;
$custom-light: #a0acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#798b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 7.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62206,
    "c": 0.02086,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#798B8A

secondary

#B4ACAC

accent

#787BB0

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #798B8A

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

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