#797490#797490

#797490 is a mid, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.043 H 293.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797490
RGB	rgb(121, 116, 144)
HSL	hsl(251, 11%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(251, 19%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 19.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.18, 7.93, -14.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.18, 16.54, 298.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.0169 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.043 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1635, 18.5692, 28.9548)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797490 #8B9074

analogous

#747D90 #797490 #877490

triadic

#797490 #907974 #749079

tetradic

#797490 #90747D #8B9074 #749087

square

#797490 #90747D #8B9074 #749087

split-complementary

#797490 #908774 #7D9074

monochromatic

#403D4D #5C586F #797490 #9A96AB #BBB8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#797490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#797490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797490

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797490	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)

#6E7891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E778F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#75787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 116, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.043 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09cb0',
    500: '#797490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797490;
$custom-light: #a09cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.714,
    "s": 11.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5735,
    "c": 0.04296,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797490

secondary

#B4B6AA

accent

#B474A9

background

#F9F9FA

surface

#F2F2F4

border

#CCCCCE

text

#0E0E10

muted

#7E7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #797490

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

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