#736E8A#736E8A

#736E8A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.043 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#736E8A
RGB	rgb(115, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(251, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 8.03, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 16.69, 298.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.017 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.043 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2326, 16.6315, 26.3422)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#736E8A #858A6E

analogous

#6E778A #736E8A #816E8A

triadic

#736E8A #8A736E #6E8A73

tetradic

#736E8A #8A6E77 #858A6E #6E8A81

square

#736E8A #8A6E77 #858A6E #6E8A81

split-complementary

#736E8A #8A816E #778A6E

monochromatic

#3A3846 #575368 #736E8A #938FA6 #B4B1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#736E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#736E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #736E8A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##736E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##736E8A	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68728B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F7277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #736e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(115, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.043 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9b97ac',
    500: '#736e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #736e8a;
$custom-light: #9b97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#736e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 115,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55296,
    "c": 0.04335,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#736E8A

secondary

#AEB1A3

accent

#B474A9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #736E8A

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

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