#78699B#78699B

#78699B is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.078 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78699B
RGB	rgb(120, 105, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 20%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(258, 32%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 32.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 16.84, -24.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 30.14, 303.97°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% 0.0361 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.078 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7124, 16.4627, 33.1958)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78699B #8C9B69

analogous

#69739B #78699B #91699B

triadic

#78699B #9B7869 #699B78

tetradic

#78699B #9B6973 #8C9B69 #699B91

square

#78699B #9B6973 #8C9B69 #699B91

split-complementary

#78699B #9B9169 #739B69

monochromatic

#3F3753 #5B5077 #78699B #998EB3 #BAB2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#78699B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#78699B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #78699B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78699B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##78699B	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D719D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60709A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71717B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78699b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 105, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.078 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a094b8',
    500: '#78699b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78699b;
$custom-light: #a094b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78699b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55462,
    "c": 0.07793,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78699B

secondary

#B4BBA5

accent

#BD6BA4

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F6

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0F0D11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #78699B

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

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