#796E89#796E89

#796E89 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.043 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E89
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 11%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(264, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 9.89, -13.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 16.53, 306.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% 0.0238 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.043 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9756, 17.0230, 26.0008)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E89 #7E896E

analogous

#6E7089 #796E89 #866E89

triadic

#796E89 #89796E #6E8979

tetradic

#796E89 #896E70 #7E896E #6E8986

square

#796E89 #896E70 #7E896E #6E8986

split-complementary

#796E89 #89866E #70896E

monochromatic

#3D3745 #5B5367 #796E89 #988FA5 #B7B1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#796E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#796E89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E89

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E89	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69728A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.043 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a097ab',
    500: '#796e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e89;
$custom-light: #a097ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.444,
    "s": 10.931,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55799,
    "c": 0.04308,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E89

secondary

#ABB0A3

accent

#B4749A

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E89

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

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