#6979B9#6979B9

#6979B9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.100 H 272.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6979B9
RGB	rgb(105, 121, 185)
HSL	hsl(228, 36%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(228, 43%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.2%, 34.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 10.99, -35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 37.25, 287.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.0041 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.1 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4173, 20.1797, 48.6561)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6979B9 #B9A969

analogous

#69A1B9 #6979B9 #8169B9

triadic

#6979B9 #B96979 #79B969

tetradic

#6979B9 #B969A1 #B9A969 #69B981

square

#6979B9 #B969A1 #B9A969 #69B981

split-complementary

#6979B9 #B98169 #A1B969

monochromatic

#354272 #49599C #6979B9 #939ECC #BCC4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#6979B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#6979B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6979B9

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6979B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6979B9	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6280BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C79B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E8690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6979b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(105, 121, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.100 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#979fce',
    500: '#6979b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6979b9;
$custom-light: #979fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6979b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 105,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 36.364,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5905,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6979B9

secondary

#CFC9AF

accent

#B65BCC

background

#F9F9FC

surface

#F2F2F9

border

#CCCCD2

text

#0E0E13

muted

#7E7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6979B9

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

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