#797EA5#797EA5

#797EA5 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.060 H 278.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797EA5
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 165)
HSL	hsl(233, 20%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(233, 27%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 7.15, -21.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 22.54, 288.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.0091 -0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.06 278.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1358, 21.7027, 38.6128)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797EA5 #A5A079

analogous

#7994A5 #797EA5 #8A79A5

triadic

#797EA5 #A5797E #7EA579

tetradic

#797EA5 #A57994 #A5A079 #79A58A

square

#797EA5 #A57994 #A5A079 #79A58A

split-complementary

#797EA5 #A58A79 #94A579

monochromatic

#424562 #5A5F86 #797EA5 #9EA1BE #C2C4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#797EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#797EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797EA5

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797EA5	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7382A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.060 278.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3bf',
    500: '#797ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ea5;
$custom-light: #a0a3bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.182,
    "s": 19.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60356,
    "c": 0.05954,
    "h": 278.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797EA5

secondary

#C6C4B4

accent

#B36CBC

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F7

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797EA5

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

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