#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
RGB	rgb(121, 160, 217)
HSL	hsl(216, 56%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(216, 44%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 26.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.13, 1.63, -33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.13, 33.18, 272.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.02 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.095 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9762, 34.2143, 70.4986)
Luminance	0.3422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

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
##79A0D9	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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