#79829E#79829E

#79829E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.044 H 271.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79829E
RGB	rgb(121, 130, 158)
HSL	hsl(225, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(225, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 17.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, 3.07, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 16.33, 280.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.93% 0.0008 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(60.93% 0.044 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0378, 22.4983, 35.5226)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79829E #9E9579

analogous

#79959E #79829E #83799E

triadic

#79829E #9E7982 #829E79

tetradic

#79829E #9E7995 #9E9579 #799E83

square

#79829E #9E7995 #9E9579 #799E83

split-complementary

#79829E #9E8379 #959E79

monochromatic

#42485B #5B647E #79829E #9DA3B8 #C0C4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#79829E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#79829E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79829E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79829E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79829E	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70878B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79829e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 130, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.044 271.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79829e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60926,
    "c": 0.04386,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79829E

secondary

#C1BDB2

accent

#A76FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79829E

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

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