#79829D#79829D

#79829D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.042 H 270.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79829D
RGB	rgb(121, 130, 157)
HSL	hsl(225, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 17.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 2.82, -15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 15.77, 280.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.0005 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.042 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9520, 22.4640, 35.0712)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79829D #9D9479

analogous

#79949D #79829D #82799D

triadic

#79829D #9D7982 #829D79

tetradic

#79829D #9D7994 #9D9479 #799D82

square

#79829D #9D7994 #9D9479 #799D82

split-complementary

#79829D #9D8279 #949D79

monochromatic

#42485A #5C647D #79829D #9CA3B7 #C0C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#79829D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#79829D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79829D

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79829D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79829D	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79829d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 130, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.042 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a6ba',
    500: '#79829d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79829d;
$custom-light: #a0a6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79829d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60886,
    "c": 0.04239,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79829D

secondary

#C1BDB1

accent

#A670B8

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79829D

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

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