#7979BB#7979BB

#7979BB is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.100 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979BB
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(240, 33%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(240, 35%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 15.93, -34.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 38.16, 294.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.35% 0.0224 -0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(60.35% 0.1 283)
XYZ	xyz(23.6897, 21.3268, 49.8724)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979BB #BBBB79

analogous

#799ABB #7979BB #9A79BB

triadic

#7979BB #BB7979 #79BB79

tetradic

#7979BB #BB799A #BBBB79 #79BB9A

square

#7979BB #BB799A #BBBB79 #79BB9A

split-complementary

#7979BB #BB9A79 #9ABB79

monochromatic

#3E3E7B #5353A4 #7979BB #A2A2D0 #CACAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#7979BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#7979BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979BB

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979BB	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6482BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#678591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.100 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a29fcf',
    500: '#7979bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979bb;
$custom-light: #a29fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 32.673,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60352,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.21328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979BB

secondary

#D5D5BB

accent

#AB3AAB

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#0F0E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979BB

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

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