#73697C#73697C

#73697C is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.032 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73697C
RGB	rgb(115, 105, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 8%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(272, 15%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 15.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.91, 7.83, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.91, 12.02, 310.64°)
OKLab	oklab(53.67% 0.0198 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(53.67% 0.032 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7593, 15.2033, 21.1692)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73697C #727C69

analogous

#6A697C #73697C #7C697C

triadic

#73697C #7C7369 #697C73

tetradic

#73697C #7C6A69 #727C69 #697C7C

square

#73697C #7C6A69 #727C69 #697C7C

split-complementary

#73697C #7C7C69 #697C6A

monochromatic

#36313A #544D5B #73697C #92889A #B0A9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#73697C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#73697C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73697C

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73697C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73697C	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#686D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726B6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73697c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 105, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.032 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b93a2',
    500: '#73697c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73697c;
$custom-light: #9b93a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73697c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 8.297,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53669,
    "c": 0.03154,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73697C

secondary

#A0A69B

accent

#B17692

background

#F9F9F9

surface

#F2F1F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #73697C

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

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