#7979BC#7979BC

#7979BC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.101 H 283.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979BC
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 188)
HSL	hsl(240, 33%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 16.21, -35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 38.73, 294.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.0226 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.101 283)
XYZ	xyz(23.7971, 21.3698, 50.4381)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979BC #BCBC79

analogous

#799ABC #7979BC #9A79BC

triadic

#7979BC #BC7979 #79BC79

tetradic

#7979BC #BC799A #BCBC79 #79BC9A

square

#7979BC #BC799A #BCBC79 #79BC9A

split-complementary

#7979BC #BC9A79 #9ABC79

monochromatic

#3E3E7C #5353A5 #7979BC #A2A2D0 #CBCBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#7979BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#7979BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979BC

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979BC	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	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)

#6482BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#678692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.101 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a29fd0',
    500: '#7979bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979bc;
$custom-light: #a29fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60403,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.21371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979BC

secondary

#D5D5BC

accent

#AC39AC

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#0F0E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979BC

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

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