#796E91#796E91

#796E91 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.055 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796E91
RGB	rgb(121, 110, 145)
HSL	hsl(259, 14%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(259, 24%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.6%, 24.1%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.59, 11.74, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.59, 21.09, 303.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.0266 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.055 299)
XYZ	xyz(18.5709, 17.2611, 29.1359)
Luminance	0.1726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796E91 #86916E

analogous

#6E7591 #796E91 #8A6E91

triadic

#796E91 #91796E #6E9179

tetradic

#796E91 #916E75 #86916E #6E918A

square

#796E91 #916E75 #86916E #6E918A

split-complementary

#796E91 #918A6E #75916E

monochromatic

#3F394B #5C546E #796E91 #9991AB #B9B4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#796E91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#796E91 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796E91

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796E91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796E91	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677393

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75737A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796e91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 110, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.055 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a097b1',
    500: '#796e91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796e91;
$custom-light: #a097b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796e91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.857,
    "s": 13.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56128,
    "c": 0.05476,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.17261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796E91

secondary

#B0B5A6

accent

#B771A1

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F5

border

#CCCCCF

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796E91

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

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