#79A2DD#79A2DD

#79A2DD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.098 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A2DD
RGB	rgb(121, 162, 221)
HSL	hsl(215, 60%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(215, 45%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, 1.64, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 34.28, 272.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0213 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.098 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8523, 35.1239, 73.3884)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A2DD #DDB479

analogous

#79D4DD #79A2DD #8279DD

triadic

#79A2DD #DD79A2 #A2DD79

tetradic

#79A2DD #DD79D4 #DDB479 #79DD82

square

#79A2DD #DD79D4 #DDB479 #79DD82

split-complementary

#79A2DD #DD8279 #D4DD79

monochromatic

#2C62AF #4880D1 #79A2DD #AAC4E9 #DBE6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#79A2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#79A2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A2DD

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A2DD	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809CDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51AFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 162, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.098 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bde7',
    500: '#79a2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a2dd;
$custom-light: #a4bde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70572,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A2DD

secondary

#E9DCC9

accent

#821EC7

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FC

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A2DD

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

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