#797E97#797E97

#797E97 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.038 H 276.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797E97
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 151)
HSL	hsl(230, 13%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(230, 20%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, 3.70, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 14.53, 284.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.0042 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.038 276.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9306, 21.2206, 32.2654)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797E97 #979279

analogous

#798D97 #797E97 #837997

triadic

#797E97 #97797E #7E9779

tetradic

#797E97 #97798D #979279 #799783

square

#797E97 #97798D #979279 #799783

split-complementary

#797E97 #978379 #8D9779

monochromatic

#414554 #5C6177 #797E97 #9B9FB2 #BEC0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#797E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#797E97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797E97

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797E97	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778098

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#728286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.038 276.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3b5',
    500: '#797e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797e97;
$custom-light: #a0a3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 12.605,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59779,
    "c": 0.03849,
    "h": 276.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797E97

secondary

#BCBAAF

accent

#AA72B5

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F6

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #797E97

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

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