#796F8A#796F8A

#796F8A is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.043 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#796F8A
RGB	rgb(121, 111, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(262, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 9.52, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 16.41, 305.48°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.0226 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.043 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1562, 17.2688, 26.4165)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#796F8A #808A6F

analogous

#6F738A #796F8A #876F8A

triadic

#796F8A #8A796F #6F8A79

tetradic

#796F8A #8A6F73 #808A6F #6F8A87

square

#796F8A #8A6F73 #808A6F #6F8A87

split-complementary

#796F8A #8A876F #738A6F

monochromatic

#3E3846 #5B5468 #796F8A #9890A6 #B8B2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#796F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#796F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #796F8A

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##796F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##796F8A	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)

#6A738B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#767378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #796f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 111, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.043 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a098ac',
    500: '#796f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #796f8a;
$custom-light: #a098ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#796f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.222,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56049,
    "c": 0.04272,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#796F8A

secondary

#ACB1A4

accent

#B4749C

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0D10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #796F8A

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

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