#797CA0#797CA0

#797CA0 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.055 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797CA0
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 160)
HSL	hsl(235, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(235, 24%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.97, 7.07, -19.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.97, 20.85, 289.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.0104 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.055 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.4364, 21.0179, 36.1783)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797CA0 #A09D79

analogous

#798FA0 #797CA0 #8A79A0

triadic

#797CA0 #A0797C #7CA079

tetradic

#797CA0 #A0798F #A09D79 #79A08A

square

#797CA0 #A0798F #A09D79 #79A08A

split-complementary

#797CA0 #A08A79 #8FA079

monochromatic

#42445D #5B5E81 #797CA0 #9D9FB9 #C1C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#797CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#797CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797CA0

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797CA0	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7280A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.055 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a1bc',
    500: '#797ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ca0;
$custom-light: #a0a1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 17.031,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59716,
    "c": 0.05484,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797CA0

secondary

#C3C1B2

accent

#B46EBA

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797CA0

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

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