#798C8B#798C8B

#798C8B is a light, muted grey. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.022 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#798C8B
RGB	rgb(121, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(177, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -7.02, -1.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 7.24, 194.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0214 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.022 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9223, 24.6847, 28.0307)
Luminance	0.2469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#798C8B #8C797A

analogous

#798C81 #798C8B #79838C

triadic

#798C8B #8B798C #8C8B79

tetradic

#798C8B #81798C #8C797A #838C79

square

#798C8B #81798C #8C797A #838C79

split-complementary

#798C8B #8C7983 #8C8179

monochromatic

#404B4A #5C6C6B #798C8B #9AA8A8 #BBC5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#798C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#798C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #798C8B

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##798C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##798C8B	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86878B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#748D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #798c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.022 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0adac',
    500: '#798c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #798c8b;
$custom-light: #a0adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#798c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 7.631,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62466,
    "c": 0.02195,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#798C8B

secondary

#B5ACAD

accent

#777AB1

background

#F9FAFA

surface

#F2F4F4

border

#CCCECE

text

#0E1010

muted

#7E7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #798C8B

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

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