#796D8A#796D8A

#796D8A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.046 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796D8A
RGB	rgb(121, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 12%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(265, 21%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 10.72, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 17.78, 307.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% 0.0258 -0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.046 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9404, 16.8372, 26.3446)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796D8A #7E8A6D

analogous

#6D6F8A #796D8A #876D8A

triadic

#796D8A #8A796D #6D8A79

tetradic

#796D8A #8A6D6F #7E8A6D #6D8A87

square

#796D8A #8A6D6F #7E8A6D #6D8A87

split-complementary

#796D8A #8A876D #6F8A6D

monochromatic

#3D3746 #5B5268 #796D8A #988EA6 #B7B0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#796D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#796D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796D8A

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796D8A	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#68728B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.046 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a096ac',
    500: '#796d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796d8a;
$custom-light: #a096ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 11.741,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55629,
    "c": 0.04635,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796D8A

secondary

#ABB0A2

accent

#B5739A

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796D8A

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

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