#797EA8#797EA8

#797EA8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.064 H 279.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797EA8
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 168)
HSL	hsl(234, 21%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28%, 25%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 7.92, -22.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 24.25, 289.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.01 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.064 279)
XYZ	xyz(22.4120, 21.8132, 40.0677)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797EA8 #A8A379

analogous

#7996A8 #797EA8 #8C79A8

triadic

#797EA8 #A8797E #7EA879

tetradic

#797EA8 #A87996 #A8A379 #79A88C

square

#797EA8 #A87996 #A8A379 #79A88C

split-complementary

#797EA8 #A88C79 #96A879

monochromatic

#424565 #5A5F8A #797EA8 #9EA2C0 #C3C5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#797EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#797EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797EA8

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797EA8	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7282AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.064 279.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3c2',
    500: '#797ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ea8;
$custom-light: #a0a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.617,
    "s": 21.267,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60487,
    "c": 0.06404,
    "h": 279
  },
  "luminance": 0.21814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797EA8

secondary

#C8C6B5

accent

#B56ABE

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F7

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797EA8

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

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