#79839E#79839E

#79839E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.043 H 269.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79839E
RGB	rgb(121, 131, 158)
HSL	hsl(224, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(224, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 17.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 2.49, -15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 15.82, 279.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0006 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.043 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1714, 22.7656, 35.5672)
Luminance	0.2277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79839E #9E9479

analogous

#79959E #79839E #82799E

triadic

#79839E #9E7983 #839E79

tetradic

#79839E #9E7995 #9E9479 #799E82

square

#79839E #9E7995 #9E9479 #799E82

split-complementary

#79839E #9E8279 #959E79

monochromatic

#42495B #5B657E #79839E #9DA4B8 #C0C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#79839E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#79839E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79839E

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79839E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79839E	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79839e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 131, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.043 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a7ba',
    500: '#79839e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79839e;
$custom-light: #a0a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79839e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.784,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61143,
    "c": 0.04268,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79839E

secondary

#C1BDB2

accent

#A56FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79839E

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

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