#79849D#79849D

#79849D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.040 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79849D
RGB	rgb(121, 132, 157)
HSL	hsl(222, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(222, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 15.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.07, 1.67, -14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.07, 14.77, 276.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0025 -0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.04 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2206, 23.0012, 35.1607)
Luminance	0.2300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79849D #9D9279

analogous

#79969D #79849D #80799D

triadic

#79849D #9D7984 #849D79

tetradic

#79849D #9D7996 #9D9279 #799D80

square

#79849D #9D7996 #9D9279 #799D80

split-complementary

#79849D #9D8079 #969D79

monochromatic

#42495A #5C667D #79849D #9CA4B7 #C0C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#79849D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#79849D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79849D

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79849D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79849D	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70898C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79849d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 132, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.040 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a7ba',
    500: '#79849d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79849d;
$custom-light: #a0a7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79849d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.667,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61322,
    "c": 0.04012,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79849D

secondary

#C1BCB1

accent

#A270B8

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79849D

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

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