#79497A#79497A

#79497A is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.096 H 326.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79497A
RGBrgb(121, 73, 122)
HSLhsl(299, 25%, 38%)
HSVhsv(299, 40%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(0.8%, 40.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LABlab(38.26, 28.78, -19.48)
CIE-LCHlch(38.26, 34.75, 325.90°)
OKLaboklab(47.94% 0.0794 -0.0531)
OKLCHoklch(47.94% 0.096 326.2)
XYZxyz(13.7803, 10.2358, 19.6584)
Luminance0.1023 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79497A #4A7A49
analogous
#60497A #79497A #7A4962
triadic
#79497A #7A7949 #497A79
tetradic
#79497A #7A6049 #4A7A49 #49627A
square
#79497A #7A6049 #4A7A49 #49627A
split-complementary
#79497A #627A49 #497A60
monochromatic
#2D1B2D #533254 #79497A #9F60A0 #B687B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89
#79497A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05
#79497A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79497A
6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79497A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##79497A1.006.893.056.89
#FFFFFF6.891.0021.001.00
#0000003.0521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.891.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#45567C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#515C78
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#7C4E5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79497a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 73, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.096 326.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a17da0',
    500: '#79497a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79497a;
$custom-light: #a17da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79497a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.776,
    "s": 25.128,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4794,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 326.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79497A
secondary
#7DA37C
accent
#C26668
background
#FAF7F9
surface
#F3EEF2
border
#CDC9CC
text
#0F0A0E
muted
#7F7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #79497A

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#79497A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva