#797E95#797E95

#797E95 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.035 H 275.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E95
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 149)
HSL	hsl(229, 12%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(229, 19%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 15.4%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.12, 3.23, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.12, 13.38, 283.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.7% 0.0035 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(59.7% 0.035 275.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7695, 21.1562, 31.4173)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#797E95 #959079

analogous

#798C95 #797E95 #827995

triadic

#797E95 #95797E #7E9579

tetradic

#797E95 #95798C #959079 #799582

square

#797E95 #95798C #959079 #799582

split-complementary

#797E95 #958279 #8C9579

monochromatic

#414452 #5C6175 #797E95 #9B9FB0 #BDC0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#797E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#797E95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E95

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E95	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	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)

#788096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767E94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#738286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.035 275.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3b4',
    500: '#797e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e95;
$custom-light: #a0a3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.286,
    "s": 11.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59701,
    "c": 0.03549,
    "h": 275.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E95

secondary

#BBB9AF

accent

#A973B5

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F6

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E95

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

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