#796C8A#796C8A

#796C8A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.048 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796C8A
RGB	rgb(121, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 12%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(266, 22%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.78, 11.32, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.78, 18.47, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.0273 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.048 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8343, 16.6251, 26.3092)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796C8A #7D8A6C

analogous

#6C6E8A #796C8A #886C8A

triadic

#796C8A #8A796C #6C8A79

tetradic

#796C8A #8A6C6E #7D8A6C #6C8A88

square

#796C8A #8A6C6E #7D8A6C #6C8A88

split-complementary

#796C8A #8A886C #6E8A6C

monochromatic

#3D3645 #5B5168 #796C8A #988DA6 #B7B0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#796C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#796C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796C8A

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796C8A	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67718B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.048 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a096ac',
    500: '#796c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796c8a;
$custom-light: #a096ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 12.195,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5542,
    "c": 0.04818,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796C8A

secondary

#AAB0A2

accent

#B57398

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F4

border

#CCCBCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796C8A

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

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