#7979B2#7979B2

#7979B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.086 H 283.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979B2
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 178)
HSL	hsl(240, 27%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(240, 32%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(32%, 32%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 13.50, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 33.02, 294.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.0201 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.086 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.7563, 20.9534, 44.9563)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979B2 #B2B279

analogous

#7995B2 #7979B2 #9579B2

triadic

#7979B2 #B27979 #79B279

tetradic

#7979B2 #B27995 #B2B279 #79B295

square

#7979B2 #B27995 #B2B279 #79B295

split-complementary

#7979B2 #B29579 #95B279

monochromatic

#404070 #575797 #7979B2 #A0A0C8 #C7C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#7979B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#7979B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979B2

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979B2	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6880B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#6B838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.086 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a19fc9',
    500: '#7979b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979b2;
$custom-light: #a19fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 27.014,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59906,
    "c": 0.08623,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979B2

secondary

#CFCFB8

accent

#C364C3

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F3F2F8

border

#CDCCD1

text

#0F0E13

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979B2

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

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