#797397#797397

#797397 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.055 H 292.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797397
RGB	rgb(121, 115, 151)
HSL	hsl(250, 15%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(250, 24%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 23.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 10.19, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 21.24, 298.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.0209 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.055 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6005, 18.5606, 31.8221)
Luminance	0.1856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797397 #919773

analogous

#737F97 #797397 #8B7397

triadic

#797397 #977973 #739779

tetradic

#797397 #97737F #919773 #73978B

square

#797397 #97737F #919773 #73978B

split-complementary

#797397 #978B73 #7F9773

monochromatic

#413D52 #5C5776 #797397 #9B96B1 #BCB9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#797397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#797397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797397

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797397	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)

#6B7899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#73797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 115, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.055 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09bb5',
    500: '#797397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797397;
$custom-light: #a09bb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250,
    "s": 14.754,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57429,
    "c": 0.05515,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797397

secondary

#B8BBAB

accent

#B870AC

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #797397

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

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