#795E79#795E79

#795E79 is a mid, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.053 H 326.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#795E79
RGB	rgb(121, 94, 121)
HSL	hsl(300, 13%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(300, 22%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 16.03, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 19.43, 325.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.86% 0.0442 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(51.86% 0.053 326.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.3387, 13.4512, 19.8738)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#795E79 #5E795E

analogous

#6C5E79 #795E79 #795E6C

triadic

#795E79 #79795E #5E7979

tetradic

#795E79 #796C5E #5E795E #5E6C79

square

#795E79 #796C5E #5E795E #5E6C79

split-complementary

#795E79 #6C795E #5E796C

monochromatic

#342834 #574357 #795E79 #997B99 #B49EB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#795E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#795E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #795E79

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##795E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##795E79	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C657A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7B6067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #795e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 94, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.053 326.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a08c9f',
    500: '#795e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #795e79;
$custom-light: #a08c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#795e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 12.558,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51861,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 326.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#795E79

secondary

#90A290

accent

#B57272

background

#F9F8F9

surface

#F2F0F2

border

#CCCBCC

text

#0E0C0E

muted

#7E7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #795E79

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

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