#796D83#796D83

#796D83 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.036 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796D83
RGB	rgb(121, 109, 131)
HSL	hsl(273, 9%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(273, 17%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 16.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 9.16, -10.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 13.86, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% 0.0232 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.036 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4498, 16.6410, 23.7611)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796D83 #77836D

analogous

#6E6D83 #796D83 #836D82

triadic

#796D83 #83796D #6D8379

tetradic

#796D83 #836E6D #77836D #6D8283

square

#796D83 #836E6D #77836D #6D8283

split-complementary

#796D83 #82836D #6D836E

monochromatic

#3B3540 #5A5162 #796D83 #978DA0 #B6AEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#796D83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#796D83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796D83

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796D83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796D83	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787074

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796d83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 109, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.036 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f96a7',
    500: '#796d83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796d83;
$custom-light: #9f96a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796d83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 9.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55353,
    "c": 0.03641,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796D83

secondary

#A5ACA0

accent

#B27691

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796D83

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

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