#7979DB#7979DB

#7979DB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.145 H 281.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979DB
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 219)
HSL	hsl(240, 58%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(240, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 44.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 25.03, -50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 56.19, 296.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0285 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.145 281.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5049, 22.8529, 69.9659)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979DB #DBDB79

analogous

#79AADB #7979DB #AA79DB

triadic

#7979DB #DB7979 #79DB79

tetradic

#7979DB #DB79AA #DBDB79 #79DBAA

square

#7979DB #DB79AA #DBDB79 #79DBAA

split-complementary

#7979DB #DBAA79 #AADB79

monochromatic

#2E2EAC #4949CE #7979DB #A9A9E8 #D9D9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#7979DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#7979DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979DB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979DB	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5287DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D80D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#598D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.145 281.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a59fe7',
    500: '#7979db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979db;
$custom-light: #a59fe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62112,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 281.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979DB

secondary

#E8E8C8

accent

#C520C5

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F2FC

border

#CECCD5

text

#100E16

muted

#7F7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979DB

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

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