#797CA3#797CA3

#797CA3 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.059 H 281.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797CA3
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 163)
HSL	hsl(236, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(236, 26%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 23.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 7.82, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 22.57, 290.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.85% 0.0113 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(59.85% 0.059 281)
XYZ	xyz(21.7020, 21.1241, 37.5772)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797CA3 #A3A079

analogous

#7991A3 #797CA3 #8B79A3

triadic

#797CA3 #A3797C #7CA379

tetradic

#797CA3 #A37991 #A3A079 #79A38B

square

#797CA3 #A37991 #A3A079 #79A38B

split-complementary

#797CA3 #A38B79 #91A379

monochromatic

#424460 #5B5E84 #797CA3 #9D9FBC #C2C3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#797CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#797CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797CA3

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797CA3	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7180A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F8389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.059 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a1be',
    500: '#797ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ca3;
$custom-light: #a0a1be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 18.584,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59845,
    "c": 0.05936,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.21125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797CA3

secondary

#C5C3B3

accent

#B66DBB

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797CA3

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

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