#796E83#796E83

#796E83 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.035 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E83
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 131)
HSL	hsl(271, 9%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(271, 16%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 16%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 8.56, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 13.16, 310.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.0216 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.035 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5571, 16.8556, 23.7968)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E83 #78836E

analogous

#6F6E83 #796E83 #836E83

triadic

#796E83 #83796E #6E8379

tetradic

#796E83 #836F6E #78836E #6E8383

square

#796E83 #836F6E #78836E #6E8383

split-complementary

#796E83 #83836E #6E836F

monochromatic

#3C3640 #5A5262 #796E83 #988EA0 #B6AFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#796E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#796E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E83

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E83	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#787175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.035 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f97a7',
    500: '#796e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e83;
$custom-light: #9f97a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 8.714,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55565,
    "c": 0.03453,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E83

secondary

#A6ACA1

accent

#B27692

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D0F

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E83

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

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