#7979BD#7979BD

#7979BD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.102 H 282.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979BD
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 189)
HSL	hsl(240, 34%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(240, 36%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(36%, 36%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, 16.48, -35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 39.30, 294.80°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.0229 -0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.102 282.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9053, 21.4130, 51.0078)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979BD #BDBD79

analogous

#799BBD #7979BD #9B79BD

triadic

#7979BD #BD7979 #79BD79

tetradic

#7979BD #BD799B #BDBD79 #79BD9B

square

#7979BD #BD799B #BDBD79 #79BD9B

split-complementary

#7979BD #BD9B79 #9BBD79

monochromatic

#3E3E7E #5252A7 #7979BD #A2A2D1 #CBCBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#7979BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#7979BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979BD

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979BD	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6482C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617DBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#678692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.102 282.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a29fd1',
    500: '#7979bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979bd;
$custom-light: #a29fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 34,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60455,
    "c": 0.10243,
    "h": 282.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979BD

secondary

#D6D6BC

accent

#AD39AD

background

#FAF9FC

surface

#F4F2F9

border

#CECCD2

text

#0F0E14

muted

#7F7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979BD

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

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