#798496#798496

#798496 is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.030 H 260.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#798496
RGB	rgb(121, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(217, 12%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(217, 19%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.3%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, -0.01, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 10.99, 269.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0051 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.03 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.6401, 22.7690, 32.1030)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#798496 #968B79

analogous

#799296 #798496 #7C7996

triadic

#798496 #967984 #849679

tetradic

#798496 #967992 #968B79 #79967C

square

#798496 #967992 #968B79 #79967C

split-complementary

#798496 #967C79 #929679

monochromatic

#414853 #5C6676 #798496 #9BA3B1 #BEC3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#798496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#798496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #798496

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##798496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##798496	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B8296

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #798496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.030 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a7b4',
    500: '#798496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #798496;
$custom-light: #a0a7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#798496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 12.134,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61055,
    "c": 0.03026,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#798496

secondary

#BCB7AF

accent

#9C73B5

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #798496

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

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