#797FA0#797FA0

#797FA0 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.051 H 276.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797FA0
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 160)
HSL	hsl(231, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(231, 24%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 20.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, 5.31, -18.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 19.10, 286.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% 0.0059 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.051 276.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8181, 21.7813, 36.3056)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797FA0 #A09A79

analogous

#7993A0 #797FA0 #8679A0

triadic

#797FA0 #A0797F #7FA079

tetradic

#797FA0 #A07993 #A09A79 #79A086

square

#797FA0 #A07993 #A09A79 #79A086

split-complementary

#797FA0 #A08679 #93A079

monochromatic

#42465D #5B6181 #797FA0 #9DA1B9 #C1C3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#797FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#797FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797FA0

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797FA0	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)

#7682A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70858A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.051 276.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a4bc',
    500: '#797fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797fa0;
$custom-light: #a0a4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.769,
    "s": 17.031,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60359,
    "c": 0.05067,
    "h": 276.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797FA0

secondary

#C3C0B2

accent

#AE6EBA

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F6

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797FA0

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

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