#79A0D9#79A0D9

#79A0D9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.095 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#79A0D9
RGBrgb(121, 160, 217)
HSLhsl(216, 56%, 66%)
HSVhsv(216, 44%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(44.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(65.13, 1.63, -33.14)
CIE-LCHlch(65.13, 33.18, 272.81°)
OKLaboklab(69.96% -0.02 -0.0925)
OKLCHoklch(69.96% 0.095 257.8)
XYZxyz(32.9762, 34.2143, 70.4986)
Luminance0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#79A0D9 #D9B279
analogous
#79D0D9 #79A0D9 #8279D9
triadic
#79A0D9 #D979A0 #A0D979
tetradic
#79A0D9 #D979D0 #D9B279 #79D982
square
#79A0D9 #D979D0 #D9B279 #79D982
split-complementary
#79A0D9 #D98279 #D0D979
monochromatic
#3061A8 #497ECB #79A0D9 #A9C2E7 #D8E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68
#79A0D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84
#79A0D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A0D9
7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##79A0D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##79A0D91.002.687.847.84
#FFFFFF2.681.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8421.001.001.00
##0000007.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8BA3DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#809AD8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#54ACB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #79a0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 160, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.095 257.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bbe5',
    500: '#79a0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #79a0d9;
$custom-light: #a4bbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#79a0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.625,
    "s": 55.814,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6996,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#79A0D9
secondary
#E7DAC7
accent
#8222C3
background
#FAFBFE
surface
#F4F6FC
border
#CED0D5
text
#0F1115
muted
#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A0D9

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#79A0D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva