#79859D#79859D

#79859D is a mid, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.039 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79859D
RGB	rgb(121, 133, 157)
HSL	hsl(220, 16%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(220, 23%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 15.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 1.09, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 14.29, 274.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0039 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.039 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3569, 23.2738, 35.2061)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79859D #9D9179

analogous

#79979D #79859D #7F799D

triadic

#79859D #9D7985 #859D79

tetradic

#79859D #9D7997 #9D9179 #799D7F

square

#79859D #9D7997 #9D9179 #799D7F

split-complementary

#79859D #9D7F79 #979D79

monochromatic

#424A5A #5C677D #79859D #9CA5B7 #C0C5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#79859D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#79859D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #79859D

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79859D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79859D	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#708A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79859d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 133, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.039 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a0a8ba',
    500: '#79859d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79859d;
$custom-light: #a0a8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79859d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 15.517,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61541,
    "c": 0.03907,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79859D

secondary

#C1BBB1

accent

#A070B8

background

#F9FAFB

surface

#F2F4F6

border

#CCCED0

text

#0E0F11

muted

#7E7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #79859D

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

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