#6979B3#6979B3

#6979B3 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.091 H 271.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6979B3
RGB	rgb(105, 121, 179)
HSL	hsl(227, 33%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(227, 41%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 32.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.76, 9.23, -32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.76, 33.86, 285.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% 0.0025 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.091 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7973, 19.9317, 45.3904)
Luminance	0.1993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6979B3 #B3A369

analogous

#699EB3 #6979B3 #7E69B3

triadic

#6979B3 #B36979 #79B369

tetradic

#6979B3 #B3699E #B3A369 #69B37E

square

#6979B3 #B3699E #B3A369 #69B37E

split-complementary

#6979B3 #B37E69 #9EB369

monochromatic

#36426B #4B5B94 #6979B3 #929DC8 #BAC2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#6979B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#6979B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6979B3

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6979B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6979B3	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#657FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F79B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51858E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6979b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 121, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.091 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#979fca',
    500: '#6979b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6979b3;
$custom-light: #979fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6979b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.027,
    "s": 32.743,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58742,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6979B3

secondary

#CBC5AD

accent

#B25FC9

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F8

border

#CCCCD1

text

#0E0E13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6979B3

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

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