#79839B#79839B

#79839B is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.038 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79839B
RGB	rgb(121, 131, 155)
HSL	hsl(222, 15%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 22%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 1.76, -14.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 14.16, 277.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0017 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.038 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9163, 22.6636, 34.2238)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79839B #9B9179

analogous

#79949B #79839B #80799B

triadic

#79839B #9B7983 #839B79

tetradic

#79839B #9B7994 #9B9179 #799B80

square

#79839B #9B7994 #9B9179 #799B80

split-complementary

#79839B #9B8079 #949B79

monochromatic

#424858 #5C657B #79839B #9CA3B5 #BFC4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#79839B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#79839B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79839B

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79839B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79839B	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#71888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79839b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 131, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.038 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a7b8',
    500: '#79839b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79839b;
$custom-light: #a0a7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79839b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 14.53,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61025,
    "c": 0.03833,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79839B

secondary

#BFBBB1

accent

#A270B7

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79839B

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

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