#79A0EB#79A0EB

#79A0EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.119 H 262.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A0EB
RGB	rgb(121, 160, 235)
HSL	hsl(219, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(219, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 31.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 6.86, -41.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 42.41, 279.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.015 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.119 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4464, 35.2024, 83.5081)
Luminance	0.3520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A0EB #EBC479

analogous

#79D9EB #79A0EB #8B79EB

triadic

#79A0EB #EB79A0 #A0EB79

tetradic

#79A0EB #EB79D9 #EBC479 #79EB8B

square

#79A0EB #EB79D9 #EBC479 #79EB8B

split-complementary

#79A0EB #EB8B79 #D9EB79

monochromatic

#1E59CB #447AE3 #79A0EB #AEC6F3 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#79A0EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#79A0EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A0EB

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A0EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A0EB	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84A6EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779BE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48B0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a0eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 160, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.119 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bbf1',
    500: '#79a0eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a0eb;
$custom-light: #a5bbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a0eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.474,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70818,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A0EB

secondary

#F0E5D0

accent

#920FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101117

muted

#7F8085

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A0EB

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

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