#796BA2#796BA2

#796BA2 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.085 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796BA2
RGB	rgb(121, 107, 162)
HSL	hsl(255, 23%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(255, 34%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 34%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 17.71, -27.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 32.86, 302.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.0362 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.085 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6629, 17.1888, 36.4572)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796BA2 #94A26B

analogous

#6B78A2 #796BA2 #956BA2

triadic

#796BA2 #A2796B #6BA279

tetradic

#796BA2 #A26B78 #94A26B #6BA295

square

#796BA2 #A26B78 #94A26B #6BA295

split-complementary

#796BA2 #A2956B #78A26B

monochromatic

#41395A #5C5080 #796BA2 #9B91BA #BDB6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#796BA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#796BA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796BA2

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796BA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796BA2	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D74A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F72A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796ba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 107, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.085 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a195bd',
    500: '#796ba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796ba2;
$custom-light: #a195bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796ba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.273,
    "s": 22.822,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56291,
    "c": 0.08485,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796BA2

secondary

#BAC0A8

accent

#BF68A9

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F1F6

border

#CCCBD0

text

#0F0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #796BA2

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

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