#7979CE#7979CE

#7979CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.127 H 282.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979CE
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 206)
HSL	hsl(240, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(240, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.3%, 41.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 21.26, -44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 48.92, 295.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.0264 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.127 282)
XYZ	xyz(25.8599, 22.1949, 61.3020)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979CE #CECE79

analogous

#79A4CE #7979CE #A479CE

triadic

#7979CE #CE7979 #79CE79

tetradic

#7979CE #CE79A4 #CECE79 #79CEA4

square

#7979CE #CE79A4 #CECE79 #79CEA4

split-complementary

#7979CE #CEA479 #A4CE79

monochromatic

#373796 #4C4CBE #7979CE #A6A6DE #D3D3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#7979CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#7979CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979CE

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979CE	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B85D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F8A99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.127 282.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a39fdd',
    500: '#7979ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979ce;
$custom-light: #a39fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61366,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 282
  },
  "luminance": 0.22196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979CE

secondary

#E0E0C3

accent

#BA2CBA

background

#FAF9FD

surface

#F4F2FB

border

#CECCD4

text

#0F0E15

muted

#7F7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979CE

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

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