#736C8D#736C8D

#736C8D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.051 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#736C8D
RGB	rgb(115, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(253, 13%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(253, 23%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 9.94, -17.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 19.76, 300.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.0212 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.051 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2395, 16.2929, 27.4307)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#736C8D #868D6C

analogous

#6C768D #736C8D #846C8D

triadic

#736C8D #8D736C #6C8D73

tetradic

#736C8D #8D6C76 #868D6C #6C8D84

square

#736C8D #8D6C76 #868D6C #6C8D84

split-complementary

#736C8D #8D846C #768D6C

monochromatic

#3A3748 #57516A #736C8D #938EA8 #B4B1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#736C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#736C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #736C8D

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##736C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##736C8D	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#65718E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65708C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E7177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #736c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.051 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b96ae',
    500: '#736c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #736c8d;
$custom-light: #9b96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#736c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.727,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54995,
    "c": 0.05128,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#736C8D

secondary

#AFB2A3

accent

#B672A8

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F4

border

#CCCBCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #736C8D

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

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