#73699E#73699E

#73699E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.082 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#73699E
RGB	rgb(115, 105, 158)
HSL	hsl(251, 21%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(251, 34%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 33.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 16.02, -27.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 31.65, 300.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.0308 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.082 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2919, 16.2163, 34.5075)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#73699E #949E69

analogous

#697A9E #73699E #8E699E

triadic

#73699E #9E7369 #699E73

tetradic

#73699E #9E697A #949E69 #699E8E

square

#73699E #9E697A #949E69 #699E8E

split-complementary

#73699E #9E8E69 #7A9E69

monochromatic

#3D3755 #574F7B #73699E #968EB6 #B8B3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#73699E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#73699E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #73699E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##73699E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##73699E	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B71A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6A727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #73699e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 105, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.082 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9c94bb',
    500: '#73699e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #73699e;
$custom-light: #9c94bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#73699e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.321,
    "s": 21.457,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55152,
    "c": 0.08179,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#73699E

secondary

#B9BDA6

accent

#BE6AAE

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F6

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0E0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #73699E

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

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