#797FA3#797FA3

#797FA3 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.055 H 277.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797FA3
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 163)
HSL	hsl(231, 19%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(231, 26%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 22.1%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 6.06, -19.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 20.82, 286.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.48% 0.007 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(60.48% 0.055 277.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0837, 21.8875, 37.7044)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797FA3 #A39D79

analogous

#7994A3 #797FA3 #8879A3

triadic

#797FA3 #A3797F #7FA379

tetradic

#797FA3 #A37994 #A39D79 #79A388

square

#797FA3 #A37994 #A39D79 #79A388

split-complementary

#797FA3 #A38879 #94A379

monochromatic

#424660 #5B6184 #797FA3 #9DA2BC #C2C4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#797FA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#797FA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797FA3

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797FA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797FA3	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7583A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6F868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797fa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.055 277.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a4be',
    500: '#797fa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797fa3;
$custom-light: #a0a4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797fa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 18.584,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60484,
    "c": 0.05516,
    "h": 277.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797FA3

secondary

#C5C2B3

accent

#B06DBB

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F6

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797FA3

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

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