#7979FF#7979FF

#7979FF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.194 H 279.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#7979FF
RGB	rgb(121, 121, 255)
HSL	hsl(240, 100%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(240, 53%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 52.5%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, 35.79, -66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 75.93, 298.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0319 -0.1914)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.194 279.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7669, 24.9577, 97.6790)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#7979FF #FFFF79

analogous

#79BCFF #7979FF #BC79FF

triadic

#7979FF #FF7979 #79FF79

tetradic

#7979FF #FF79BC #FFFF79 #79FFBC

square

#7979FF #FF79BC #FFFF79 #79FFBC

split-complementary

#7979FF #FFBC79 #BCFF79

monochromatic

#0000FE #3C3CFF #7979FF #B6B6FF #E0E0FF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#7979FF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#7979FF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #7979FF

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##7979FF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##7979FF	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C8EFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1484FC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D97B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #7979ff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 121, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.194 279.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a99fff',
    500: '#7979ff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #7979ff;
$custom-light: #a99fff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#7979ff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 73.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64385,
    "c": 0.19406,
    "h": 279.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#7979FF

secondary

#F7F7D4

accent

#E600E5

background

#FBF9FF

surface

#F6F2FF

border

#D0CCD7

text

#110E18

muted

#807E86

Preview Lab

Preview with #7979FF

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

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