#797EA1#797EA1

#797EA1 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.054 H 278.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797EA1
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 161)
HSL	hsl(233, 18%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(233, 25%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.8%, 21.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 6.14, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 20.25, 287.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.0077 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.054 278.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7774, 21.5594, 36.7253)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797EA1 #A19C79

analogous

#7992A1 #797EA1 #8879A1

triadic

#797EA1 #A1797E #7EA179

tetradic

#797EA1 #A17992 #A19C79 #79A188

square

#797EA1 #A17992 #A19C79 #79A188

split-complementary

#797EA1 #A18879 #92A179

monochromatic

#42455E #5B6082 #797EA1 #9DA1BA #C1C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#797EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#797EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797EA1

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797EA1	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7481A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.054 278.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3bd',
    500: '#797ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ea1;
$custom-light: #a0a3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 17.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60186,
    "c": 0.05353,
    "h": 278.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797EA1

secondary

#C3C1B3

accent

#B16EBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F6

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797EA1

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

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