#797EA3#797EA3

#797EA3 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.057 H 278.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797EA3
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 163)
HSL	hsl(233, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(233, 26%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, 6.65, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 21.39, 288.10°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.0084 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.057 278.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9552, 21.6305, 37.6616)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797EA3 #A39E79

analogous

#7993A3 #797EA3 #8979A3

triadic

#797EA3 #A3797E #7EA379

tetradic

#797EA3 #A37993 #A39E79 #79A389

square

#797EA3 #A37993 #A39E79 #79A389

split-complementary

#797EA3 #A38979 #93A379

monochromatic

#424560 #5B6084 #797EA3 #9DA1BC #C2C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#797EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#797EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797EA3

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797EA3	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7482A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.057 278.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3be',
    500: '#797ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ea3;
$custom-light: #a0a3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.857,
    "s": 18.584,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6027,
    "c": 0.05654,
    "h": 278.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797EA3

secondary

#C5C3B3

accent

#B26DBB

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F6

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797EA3

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

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