#79779F#79779F

#79779F is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.061 H 286.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79779F
RGB	rgb(121, 119, 159)
HSL	hsl(243, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(243, 25%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 25.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 9.78, -21.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 23.33, 294.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.0174 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.061 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.7385, 19.7614, 35.5159)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#79779F #9D9F77

analogous

#77899F #79779F #8D779F

triadic

#79779F #9F7977 #779F79

tetradic

#79779F #9F7789 #9D9F77 #779F8D

square

#79779F #9F7789 #9D9F77 #779F8D

split-complementary

#79779F #9F8D77 #899F77

monochromatic

#42405B #5C5A7F #79779F #9C9BB8 #C0BFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#79779F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#79779F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79779F

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79779F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79779F	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D7CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79779f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 119, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.061 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09ebb',
    500: '#79779f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79779f;
$custom-light: #a09ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79779f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243,
    "s": 17.241,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58614,
    "c": 0.06081,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79779F

secondary

#C1C1B0

accent

#BA6EB6

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0F0E12

muted

#7E7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #79779F

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

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