#797FA6#797FA6

#797FA6 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.060 H 277.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#797FA6
RGB	rgb(121, 127, 166)
HSL	hsl(232, 20%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(232, 27%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 23.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 6.82, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 22.53, 287.61°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% 0.008 -0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.06 277.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.3557, 21.9963, 39.1369)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#797FA6 #A6A079

analogous

#7996A6 #797FA6 #8A79A6

triadic

#797FA6 #A6797F #7FA679

tetradic

#797FA6 #A67996 #A6A079 #79A68A

square

#797FA6 #A67996 #A6A079 #79A68A

split-complementary

#797FA6 #A68A79 #96A679

monochromatic

#424663 #5A6088 #797FA6 #9EA2BE #C3C5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#797FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#797FA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #797FA6

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##797FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##797FA6	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7483A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7180A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6E868C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #797fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 127, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.060 277.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a4c0',
    500: '#797fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #797fa6;
$custom-light: #a0a4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#797fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 20.179,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60613,
    "c": 0.05966,
    "h": 277.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#797FA6

secondary

#C7C4B4

accent

#B26BBD

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F3F7

border

#CCCDD0

text

#0F0F12

muted

#7E7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #797FA6

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

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