#797296#797296

#797296 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.055 H 293.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797296
RGB	rgb(121, 114, 150)
HSL	hsl(252, 15%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(252, 24%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 24%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 10.54, -18.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 21.32, 299.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.0221 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.055 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4063, 18.3014, 31.3584)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797296 #8F9672

analogous

#727D96 #797296 #8B7296

triadic

#797296 #967972 #729679

tetradic

#797296 #96727D #8F9672 #72968B

square

#797296 #96727D #8F9672 #72968B

split-complementary

#797296 #968B72 #7D9672

monochromatic

#403C51 #5C5774 #797296 #9A95B0 #BCB8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#797296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#797296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797296

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797296	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 114, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.055 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09ab5',
    500: '#797296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797296;
$custom-light: #a09ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.667,
    "s": 14.634,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57176,
    "c": 0.05531,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797296

secondary

#B7BAAA

accent

#B770AA

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #797296

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

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