#79559E#79559E

#79559E is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.117 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79559E
RGB	rgb(121, 85, 158)
HSL	hsl(270, 30%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(270, 46%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 46.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.81, 29.89, -34.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.81, 45.44, 311.14°)
OKLab	oklab(51.92% 0.068 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(51.92% 0.117 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3039, 13.0307, 33.9447)
Luminance	0.1303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79559E #7A9E55

analogous

#55569E #79559E #9D559E

triadic

#79559E #9E7955 #559E79

tetradic

#79559E #9E5556 #7A9E55 #559E9D

square

#79559E #9E5556 #7A9E55 #559E9D

split-complementary

#79559E #9E9D55 #569E55

monochromatic

#3C2A4E #5B4076 #79559E #9879B7 #B6A1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#79559E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#79559E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #79559E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79559E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##79559E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4264A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B659C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#736172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79559e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 85, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.117 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a185bb',
    500: '#79559e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79559e;
$custom-light: #a185bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79559e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.589,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51918,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79559E

secondary

#A8BA95

accent

#C66295

background

#FAF8FB

surface

#F4EFF6

border

#CECAD0

text

#0F0B12

muted

#7F7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #79559E

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

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