#796E8A#796E8A

#796E8A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.045 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E8A
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(264, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.33, 10.12, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.33, 17.09, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.84% 0.0242 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(55.84% 0.045 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0477, 17.0518, 26.3804)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E8A #7F8A6E

analogous

#6E718A #796E8A #876E8A

triadic

#796E8A #8A796E #6E8A79

tetradic

#796E8A #8A6E71 #7F8A6E #6E8A87

square

#796E8A #8A6E71 #7F8A6E #6E8A87

split-complementary

#796E8A #8A876E #718A6E

monochromatic

#3D3846 #5B5368 #796E8A #988FA6 #B8B1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#796E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#796E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E8A

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E8A	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#69728B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.045 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a097ac',
    500: '#796e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e8a;
$custom-light: #a097ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.571,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55839,
    "c": 0.04453,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E8A

secondary

#ABB1A3

accent

#B4749B

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E8A

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

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