#1E79B3#1E79B3

#1E79B3 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.121 H 242.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E79B3
RGB	rgb(30, 121, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(203, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 32.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, -4.88, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 38.21, 262.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% -0.0556 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.121 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.5063, 17.2035, 45.1424)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1E79B3 #B3581E

analogous

#1EB3A2 #1E79B3 #1E2EB3

triadic

#1E79B3 #B31E79 #79B31E

tetradic

#1E79B3 #A21EB3 #B3581E #2EB31E

square

#1E79B3 #A21EB3 #B3581E #2EB31E

split-complementary

#1E79B3 #B31E2E #B3A21E

monochromatic

#0C324A #15567F #1E79B3 #329ADD #66B4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#1E79B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#1E79B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1E79B3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E79B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1E79B3	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#496DB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e79b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 121, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.121 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#749fca',
    500: '#1e79b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e79b3;
$custom-light: #749fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e79b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.356,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55325,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E79B3

secondary

#CB8B62

accent

#803AEE

background

#F7F9FC

surface

#EEF2F8

border

#C9CCD1

text

#0A0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E79B3

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

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