#797FA5#797FA5

#797FA5 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.058 H 277.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797FA5
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 165)
HSL	hsl(232, 20%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(232, 27%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 23%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 6.56, -20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 21.96, 287.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% 0.0076 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.058 277.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2643, 21.9597, 38.6556)
Luminance	0.2196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#797FA5 #A59F79

analogous

#7995A5 #797FA5 #8979A5

triadic

#797FA5 #A5797F #7FA579

tetradic

#797FA5 #A57995 #A59F79 #79A589

square

#797FA5 #A57995 #A59F79 #79A589

split-complementary

#797FA5 #A58979 #95A579

monochromatic

#424662 #5A6086 #797FA5 #9EA2BE #C2C5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#797FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#797FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797FA5

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797FA5	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7483A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7280A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.058 277.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a4bf',
    500: '#797fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797fa5;
$custom-light: #a0a4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 19.643,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6057,
    "c": 0.05816,
    "h": 277.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797FA5

secondary

#C6C4B4

accent

#B16CBC

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F7

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797FA5

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

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