#796EAEViolet

#796EAE is a violet in the Violet family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium violet, and it is also commonly known as Violet, Amethyst. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#796EAE
CSS Namesteelblue (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f5f5fa
100#e9e8f4
200#d9d6ed
300#c0bae3
400#a299d4
500#8b80c5
600#7a6eb0
700#655a96
800#544b7e
900#473f6c
950#292441

Accessibility

Contrast on white
4.51:1
Contrast on black
4.65:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • AA Large (3:1) on whitePass
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whitePass
  • UI components (3:1) on whitePass

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.007 290.9); /* #f5f5fa */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.015 290.9); /* #e9e8f4 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.032 290.9); /* #d9d6ed */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.057 290.9); /* #c0bae3 */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.085 290.9); /* #a299d4 */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.102 290.9); /* #8b80c5 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.1 290.9); /* #7a6eb0 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.094 290.9); /* #655a96 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.084 290.9); /* #544b7e */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.076 290.9); /* #473f6c */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.053 290.9); /* #292441 */
}

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