#797B95#797B95

#797B95 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.040 H 281.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797B95
RGB	rgb(121, 123, 149)
HSL	hsl(236, 12%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(236, 19%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 17.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 4.98, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 15.09, 289.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.008 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.04 281.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3917, 20.4005, 31.2913)
Luminance	0.2040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797B95 #959379

analogous

#798995 #797B95 #857995

triadic

#797B95 #95797B #7B9579

tetradic

#797B95 #957989 #959379 #799585

square

#797B95 #957989 #959379 #799585

split-complementary

#797B95 #958579 #899579

monochromatic

#414252 #5C5E75 #797B95 #9B9DB0 #BDBECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#797B95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#797B95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797B95

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797B95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797B95	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747E96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737C94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#737F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797b95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 123, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.040 281.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a1b4',
    500: '#797b95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797b95;
$custom-light: #a0a1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797b95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 11.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5905,
    "c": 0.03962,
    "h": 281.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797B95

secondary

#BBBAAF

accent

#B073B5

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0E0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #797B95

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

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