#79849E#79849E

#79849E is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.042 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79849E
RGB	rgb(121, 132, 158)
HSL	hsl(222, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(222, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.4%, 16.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, 1.91, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 15.32, 277.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0021 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.042 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.3064, 23.0355, 35.6122)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79849E #9E9379

analogous

#79979E #79849E #81799E

triadic

#79849E #9E7984 #849E79

tetradic

#79849E #9E7997 #9E9379 #799E81

square

#79849E #9E7997 #9E9379 #799E81

split-complementary

#79849E #9E8179 #979E79

monochromatic

#42495B #5B667E #79849E #9DA5B8 #C0C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#79849E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#79849E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79849E

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79849E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79849E	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79849e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 132, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.042 267.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79849e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.162,
    "s": 16.017,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61362,
    "c": 0.04156,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79849E

secondary

#C1BDB2

accent

#A36FB9

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79849E

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

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