#797CA6#797CA6

#797CA6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.064 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797CA6
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 166)
HSL	hsl(236, 20%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(236, 27%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 25.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, 8.58, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 24.30, 290.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.0123 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.064 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9740, 21.2329, 39.0096)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797CA6 #A6A379

analogous

#7993A6 #797CA6 #8D79A6

triadic

#797CA6 #A6797C #7CA679

tetradic

#797CA6 #A67993 #A6A379 #79A68D

square

#797CA6 #A67993 #A6A379 #79A68D

split-complementary

#797CA6 #A68D79 #93A679

monochromatic

#424463 #5A5D88 #797CA6 #9EA0BE #C3C4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#797CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#797CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797CA6

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797CA6	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7081A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.064 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a1c0',
    500: '#797ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ca6;
$custom-light: #a0a1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 20.179,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59976,
    "c": 0.06388,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797CA6

secondary

#C7C5B4

accent

#B76BBD

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F7

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797CA6

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

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