#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
RGBrgb(105, 121, 185)
HSLhsl(228, 36%, 57%)
HSVhsv(228, 43%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(43.2%, 34.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.04, 10.99, -35.60)
CIE-LCHlch(52.04, 37.25, 287.15°)
OKLaboklab(59.05% 0.0041 -0.0999)
OKLCHoklch(59.05% 0.1 272.3)
XYZxyz(21.4173, 20.1797, 48.6561)
Luminance0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##6979B91.004.175.045.04
#FFFFFF4.171.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0421.001.001.00
##0000005.0421.001.001.00

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

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#6979B9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva