#797EA9#797EA9

#797EA9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.066 H 279.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797EA9
RGB	rgb(121, 126, 169)
HSL	hsl(234, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(234, 28%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 8.17, -23.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 24.83, 289.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.0104 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.066 279.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5055, 21.8506, 40.5603)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797EA9 #A9A479

analogous

#7996A9 #797EA9 #8C79A9

triadic

#797EA9 #A9797E #7EA979

tetradic

#797EA9 #A97996 #A9A479 #79A98C

square

#797EA9 #A97996 #A9A479 #79A98C

split-complementary

#797EA9 #A98C79 #96A979

monochromatic

#424566 #595F8B #797EA9 #9EA2C1 #C4C6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#797EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#797EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797EA9

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797EA9	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7283AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6D868D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 126, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.066 279.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a3c2',
    500: '#797ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797ea9;
$custom-light: #a0a3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.75,
    "s": 21.818,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60531,
    "c": 0.06553,
    "h": 279.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797EA9

secondary

#C9C7B5

accent

#B669BE

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F7

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797EA9

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

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