#79A0DC#79A0DC

#79A0DC is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A0DC
RGB	rgb(121, 160, 220)
HSL	hsl(216, 59%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(216, 45%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 27.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, 2.49, -34.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 34.69, 274.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0191 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.099 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3700, 34.3718, 72.5723)
Luminance	0.3437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A0DC #DCB579

analogous

#79D1DC #79A0DC #8479DC

triadic

#79A0DC #DC79A0 #A0DC79

tetradic

#79A0DC #DC79D1 #DCB579 #79DC84

square

#79A0DC #DC79D1 #DCB579 #79DC84

split-complementary

#79A0DC #DC8479 #D1DC79

monochromatic

#2D60AD #487ECF #79A0DC #AAC2E9 #DAE5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#79A0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#79A0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A0DC

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A0DC	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9ADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#52ADB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 160, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bbe7',
    500: '#79a0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a0dc;
$custom-light: #a4bbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 58.58,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.09857,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A0DC

secondary

#E8DCC9

accent

#841FC6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#0F1116

muted

#7F8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A0DC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →