#796B8A#796B8A

#796B8A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.050 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796B8A
RGB	rgb(121, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(267, 13%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(267, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 11.91, -15.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 19.16, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% 0.0289 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.05 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7294, 16.4154, 26.2743)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796B8A #7C8A6B

analogous

#6B6C8A #796B8A #886B8A

triadic

#796B8A #8A796B #6B8A79

tetradic

#796B8A #8A6B6C #7C8A6B #6B8A88

square

#796B8A #8A6B6C #7C8A6B #6B8A88

split-complementary

#796B8A #8A886B #6C8A6B

monochromatic

#3D3645 #5B5068 #796B8A #988CA6 #B7AFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#796B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#796B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796B8A

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796B8A	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66708B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#776F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.050 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a095ac',
    500: '#796b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796b8a;
$custom-light: #a095ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.097,
    "s": 12.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55212,
    "c": 0.05002,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796B8A

secondary

#A9B0A1

accent

#B67297

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F4

border

#CCCBCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796B8A

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

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