#79799E#79799E

#79799E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.056 H 284.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79799E
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(240, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(240, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 8.34, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 21.51, 292.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.0141 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.056 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.8926, 20.2079, 35.1409)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79799E #9E9E79

analogous

#798C9E #79799E #8C799E

triadic

#79799E #9E7979 #799E79

tetradic

#79799E #9E798C #9E9E79 #799E8C

square

#79799E #9E798C #9E9E79 #799E8C

split-complementary

#79799E #9E8C79 #8C9E79

monochromatic

#42425B #5B5B7E #79799E #9D9DB8 #C0C0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#79799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#79799E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79799E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79799E	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)

#6F7DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#717F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.056 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a09fba',
    500: '#79799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79799e;
$custom-light: #a09fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58993,
    "c": 0.05623,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79799E

secondary

#C1C1B2

accent

#B96FB9

background

#F9F9FB

surface

#F2F2F6

border

#CCCCD0

text

#0F0E11

muted

#7E7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79799E

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

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