#797CA1#797CA1

#797CA1 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.056 H 280.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797CA1
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 161)
HSL	hsl(236, 18%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(236, 25%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 23%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.01, 7.32, -20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.01, 21.42, 289.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% 0.0107 -0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.056 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5242, 21.0530, 36.6409)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797CA1 #A19E79

analogous

#7990A1 #797CA1 #8A79A1

triadic

#797CA1 #A1797C #7CA179

tetradic

#797CA1 #A17990 #A19E79 #79A18A

square

#797CA1 #A17990 #A19E79 #79A18A

split-complementary

#797CA1 #A18A79 #90A179

monochromatic

#42445E #5B5E82 #797CA1 #9D9FBA #C1C2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#797CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#797CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797CA1

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797CA1	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7280A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.056 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a1bd',
    500: '#797ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ca1;
$custom-light: #a0a1bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59759,
    "c": 0.05635,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797CA1

secondary

#C3C2B3

accent

#B46EBA

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797CA1

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

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