#736E85#736E85

#736E85 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.036 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#736E85
RGB	rgb(115, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(253, 9%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(253, 17%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.61, 6.86, -11.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.61, 13.77, 299.87°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.0152 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.036 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8789, 16.4901, 24.4794)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#736E85 #80856E

analogous

#6E7585 #736E85 #7E6E85

triadic

#736E85 #85736E #6E8573

tetradic

#736E85 #856E75 #80856E #6E857E

square

#736E85 #856E75 #80856E #6E857E

split-complementary

#736E85 #857E6E #75856E

monochromatic

#393742 #565264 #736E85 #938EA2 #B3B0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#736E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#736E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #736E85

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##736E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##736E85	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#707176

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #736e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.036 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b97a8',
    500: '#736e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #736e85;
$custom-light: #9b97a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#736e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 9.465,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55095,
    "c": 0.03575,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#736E85

secondary

#ABADA2

accent

#B275A5

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #736E85

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

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