#79A2E2#79A2E2

#79A2E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.105 H 259.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A2E2
RGB	rgb(121, 162, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(217, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 28.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, 3.08, -36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 36.80, 274.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0198 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.105 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.5284, 35.3944, 76.9491)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A2E2 #E2B979

analogous

#79D7E2 #79A2E2 #8479E2

triadic

#79A2E2 #E279A2 #A2E279

tetradic

#79A2E2 #E279D7 #E2B979 #79E284

square

#79A2E2 #E279D7 #E2B979 #79E284

split-complementary

#79A2E2 #E28479 #D7E279

monochromatic

#2860B9 #477FD7 #79A2E2 #ABC5ED #DEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#79A2E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#79A2E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A2E2

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A2E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A2E2	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA6E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E9CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a2e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 162, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.105 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4bdeb',
    500: '#79a2e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a2e2;
$custom-light: #a4bdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a2e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.571,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70805,
    "c": 0.10455,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A2E2

secondary

#EBDFCB

accent

#8619CC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A2E2

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

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