#7979EB#7979EB

#7979EB is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.167 H 280.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979EB
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 235)
HSL	hsl(240, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 48.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 29.76, -57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 65.04, 297.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0304 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.167 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7134, 23.7363, 81.5970)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979EB #EBEB79

analogous

#79B2EB #7979EB #B279EB

triadic

#7979EB #EB7979 #79EB79

tetradic

#7979EB #EB79B2 #EBEB79 #79EBB2

square

#7979EB #EB79B2 #EBEB79 #79EBB2

split-complementary

#7979EB #EBB279 #B2EB79

monochromatic

#1E1ECB #4444E3 #7979EB #AEAEF3 #E4E4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#7979EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#7979EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979EB

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979EB	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#458AEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C82E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4E92A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.167 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a69ff2',
    500: '#7979eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979eb;
$custom-light: #a69ff2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63086,
    "c": 0.16735,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979EB

secondary

#F0F0D0

accent

#D60FD6

background

#FAF9FE

surface

#F4F2FD

border

#CECCD5

text

#100E17

muted

#7F7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979EB

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

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