#797396#797396

#797396 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.054 H 292.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797396
RGB	rgb(121, 115, 150)
HSL	hsl(250, 14%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(250, 23%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 23.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.13, 9.95, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.13, 20.66, 298.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.0205 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.054 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.5197, 18.5282, 31.3962)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797396 #909673

analogous

#737F96 #797396 #8B7396

triadic

#797396 #967973 #739679

tetradic

#797396 #96737F #909673 #73968B

square

#797396 #96737F #909673 #73968B

split-complementary

#797396 #968B73 #7F9673

monochromatic

#413D51 #5C5774 #797396 #9A96B0 #BCB9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#797396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#797396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797396

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797396	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B7898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 115, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.054 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09bb5',
    500: '#797396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797396;
$custom-light: #a09bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.286,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57386,
    "c": 0.05365,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797396

secondary

#B7BAAB

accent

#B771AB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #797396

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

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