#73697E#73697E

#73697E is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.034 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73697E
RGB	rgb(115, 105, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 9%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(269, 17%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 16.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.98, 8.27, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.98, 13.14, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(53.75% 0.0206 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(53.75% 0.034 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8870, 15.2544, 21.8421)
Luminance	0.1525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73697E #747E69

analogous

#69697E #73697E #7D697E

triadic

#73697E #7E7369 #697E73

tetradic

#73697E #7E6969 #747E69 #697E7D

square

#73697E #7E6969 #747E69 #697E7D

split-complementary

#73697E #7E7D69 #697E69

monochromatic

#36313B #554D5D #73697E #92889C #B0AAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#73697E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.05

#73697E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73697E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73697E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73697E	1.00	5.18	4.05	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#676D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#726C70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73697e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 105, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.034 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b93a3',
    500: '#73697e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73697e;
$custom-light: #9b93a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73697e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53746,
    "c": 0.03439,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73697E

secondary

#A2A79B

accent

#B27695

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F3

border

#CCCBCD

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #73697E

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

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