#796C8D#796C8D

#796C8D is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.052 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796C8D
RGB	rgb(121, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 13%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(264, 23%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.90, 12.00, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.90, 20.17, 306.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.54% 0.0284 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(55.54% 0.053 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0545, 16.7132, 27.4690)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796C8D #808D6C

analogous

#6C708D #796C8D #8A6C8D

triadic

#796C8D #8D796C #6C8D79

tetradic

#796C8D #8D6C70 #808D6C #6C8D8A

square

#796C8D #8D6C70 #808D6C #6C8D8A

split-complementary

#796C8D #8D8A6C #708D6C

monochromatic

#3E3748 #5B516A #796C8D #988EA8 #B8B1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#796C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#796C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796C8D

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796C8D	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66718E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.052 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a096ae',
    500: '#796c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796c8d;
$custom-light: #a096ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.636,
    "s": 13.253,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55544,
    "c": 0.0525,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796C8D

secondary

#ACB2A3

accent

#B6729B

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F1F4

border

#CCCBCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796C8D

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

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