#7979EE#7979EE

#7979EE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.171 H 280.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979EE
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 238)
HSL	hsl(240, 77%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(240, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 49.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.00, 30.66, -59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.00, 66.69, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% 0.0307 -0.1686)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.171 280.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1504, 23.9111, 83.8989)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979EE #EEEE79

analogous

#79B3EE #7979EE #B379EE

triadic

#7979EE #EE7979 #79EE79

tetradic

#7979EE #EE79B3 #EEEE79 #79EEB3

square

#7979EE #EE79B3 #EEEE79 #79EEB3

split-complementary

#7979EE #EEB379 #B3EE79

monochromatic

#1B1BD2 #4343E7 #7979EE #AFAFF5 #E4E4FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#7979EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#7979EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979EE

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979EE	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#428BF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3882EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C92A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.171 280.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79ff4',
    500: '#7979ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979ee;
$custom-light: #a79ff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 77.483,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63276,
    "c": 0.17141,
    "h": 280.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979EE

secondary

#F1F1D1

accent

#DA0CDA

background

#FAF9FF

surface

#F4F2FE

border

#CECCD6

text

#100E17

muted

#7F7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979EE

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

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