#797CA8#797CA8

#797CA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.067 H 281.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797CA8
RGB	rgb(121, 124, 168)
HSL	hsl(236, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(236, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 26.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 9.10, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 25.45, 290.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0129 -0.0656)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.067 281.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1588, 21.3069, 39.9833)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797CA8 #A8A579

analogous

#7994A8 #797CA8 #8E79A8

triadic

#797CA8 #A8797C #7CA879

tetradic

#797CA8 #A87994 #A8A579 #79A88E

square

#797CA8 #A87994 #A8A579 #79A88E

split-complementary

#797CA8 #A88E79 #94A879

monochromatic

#424465 #5A5D8A #797CA8 #9EA0C0 #C3C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#797CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#797CA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797CA8

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797CA8	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7081AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E848B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 124, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.067 281.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a1c2',
    500: '#797ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ca8;
$custom-light: #a0a1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.17,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60064,
    "c": 0.06688,
    "h": 281.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797CA8

secondary

#C8C7B5

accent

#B86ABE

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F7

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797CA8

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

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