#79799A#79799A

#79799A is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.050 H 284.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79799A
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 154)
HSL	hsl(240, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(240, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, 7.36, -17.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 19.19, 292.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.0128 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.05 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5539, 20.0725, 33.3571)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79799A #9A9A79

analogous

#798A9A #79799A #8A799A

triadic

#79799A #9A7979 #799A79

tetradic

#79799A #9A798A #9A9A79 #799A8A

square

#79799A #9A798A #9A9A79 #799A8A

split-complementary

#79799A #9A8A79 #8A9A79

monochromatic

#424257 #5C5C7A #79799A #9C9CB4 #BFBFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#79799A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#79799A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79799A

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79799A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79799A	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717D9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#727F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79799a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.050 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09fb7',
    500: '#79799a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79799a;
$custom-light: #a09fb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79799a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 14.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58824,
    "c": 0.05017,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79799A

secondary

#BEBEB0

accent

#B771B7

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79799A

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

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