#796A8A#796A8A

#796A8A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.052 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796A8A
RGB	rgb(121, 106, 138)
HSL	hsl(268, 13%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(268, 23%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 12.51, -15.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 19.86, 309.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55% 0.0305 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(55% 0.052 306)
XYZ	xyz(17.6258, 16.2081, 26.2397)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796A8A #7B8A6A

analogous

#6A6B8A #796A8A #896A8A

triadic

#796A8A #8A796A #6A8A79

tetradic

#796A8A #8A6A6B #7B8A6A #6A8A89

square

#796A8A #8A6A6B #7B8A6A #6A8A89

split-complementary

#796A8A #8A896A #6B8A6A

monochromatic

#3C3545 #5B4F67 #796A8A #988BA6 #B7AEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#796A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#796A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796A8A

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796A8A	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#646F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 106, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.052 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a094ac',
    500: '#796a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796a8a;
$custom-light: #a094ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.125,
    "s": 13.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55004,
    "c": 0.05187,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.16208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796A8A

secondary

#A8B0A0

accent

#B67296

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F4

border

#CCCBCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796A8A

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

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