#79A2E1#79A2E1

#79A2E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.103 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A2E1
RGB	rgb(121, 162, 225)
HSL	hsl(216, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 28%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, 2.79, -36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 36.30, 274.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0201 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.103 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3916, 35.3396, 76.2286)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A2E1 #E1B879

analogous

#79D6E1 #79A2E1 #8479E1

triadic

#79A2E1 #E179A2 #A2E179

tetradic

#79A2E1 #E179D6 #E1B879 #79E184

square

#79A2E1 #E179D6 #E1B879 #79E184

split-complementary

#79A2E1 #E18479 #D6E179

monochromatic

#2961B7 #477FD6 #79A2E1 #ABC5EC #DDE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#79A2E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#79A2E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A2E1

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A2E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A2E1	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a2e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 162, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.103 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bdea',
    500: '#79a2e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a2e1;
$custom-light: #a4bdea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a2e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.346,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70758,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A2E1

secondary

#EBDECB

accent

#851ACB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A2E1

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

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