#796F87#796F87

#796F87 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.038 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796F87
RGB	rgb(121, 111, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 10%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(265, 18%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 17.8%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 8.85, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 14.71, 306.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.0215 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.038 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9420, 17.1831, 25.2884)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#796F87 #7D876F

analogous

#6F7187 #796F87 #856F87

triadic

#796F87 #87796F #6F8779

tetradic

#796F87 #876F71 #7D876F #6F8785

square

#796F87 #876F71 #7D876F #6F8785

split-complementary

#796F87 #87856F #71876F

monochromatic

#3D3844 #5B5365 #796F87 #9890A3 #B7B1BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#796F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#796F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796F87

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796F87	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#777277

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 111, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.038 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9f98aa',
    500: '#796f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796f87;
$custom-light: #9f98aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 9.756,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55931,
    "c": 0.03837,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796F87

secondary

#AAAFA3

accent

#B37599

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796F87

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

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