#736C8B#736C8B

#736C8B is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.048 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#736C8B
RGB	rgb(115, 108, 139)
HSL	hsl(254, 13%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(254, 22%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 22.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 9.46, -16.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 18.60, 300.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.0205 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.048 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0920, 16.2339, 26.6541)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#736C8B #848B6C

analogous

#6C748B #736C8B #826C8B

triadic

#736C8B #8B736C #6C8B73

tetradic

#736C8B #8B6C74 #848B6C #6C8B82

square

#736C8B #8B6C74 #848B6C #6C8B82

split-complementary

#736C8B #8B826C #748B6C

monochromatic

#3A3646 #575169 #736C8B #938DA7 #B4B0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#736C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#736C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #736C8B

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##736C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##736C8B	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65708C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66708A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #736c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 108, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.048 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b96ad',
    500: '#736c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #736c8b;
$custom-light: #9b96ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#736c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.548,
    "s": 12.551,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54911,
    "c": 0.04827,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#736C8B

secondary

#AEB1A2

accent

#B572A6

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F4

border

#CCCBCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #736C8B

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

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