#796CA1#796CA1

#796CA1 is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.082 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796CA1
RGB	rgb(121, 108, 161)
HSL	hsl(255, 22%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(255, 33%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 32.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 16.86, -26.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 31.62, 302.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.0344 -0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.082 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.6792, 17.3631, 36.0259)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796CA1 #94A16C

analogous

#6C79A1 #796CA1 #936CA1

triadic

#796CA1 #A1796C #6CA179

tetradic

#796CA1 #A16C79 #94A16C #6CA193

square

#796CA1 #A16C79 #94A16C #6CA193

split-complementary

#796CA1 #A1936C #79A16C

monochromatic

#413959 #5C517F #796CA1 #9B91B9 #BDB7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#796CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#796CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796CA1

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796CA1	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F74A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6073A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71757F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 108, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.082 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a096bd',
    500: '#796ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796ca1;
$custom-light: #a096bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.717,
    "s": 21.992,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56443,
    "c": 0.0817,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796CA1

secondary

#BAC0A9

accent

#BF69AA

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0F0D12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #796CA1

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

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