#79A2EA#79A2EA

#79A2EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.115 H 261.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A2EA
RGB	rgb(121, 162, 234)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(218, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 30.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 5.42, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 40.89, 277.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0176 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.115 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6518, 35.8437, 82.8658)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A2EA #EAC179

analogous

#79DBEA #79A2EA #8979EA

triadic

#79A2EA #EA79A2 #A2EA79

tetradic

#79A2EA #EA79DB #EAC179 #79EA89

square

#79A2EA #EA79DB #EAC179 #79EA89

split-complementary

#79A2EA #EA8979 #DBEA79

monochromatic

#205DC9 #447DE2 #79A2EA #AEC7F2 #E3EBFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#79A2EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#79A2EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A2EA

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A2EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A2EA	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a2ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 162, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.115 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bdf1',
    500: '#79a2ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a2ea;
$custom-light: #a5bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a2ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.23,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71189,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A2EA

secondary

#F0E4CF

accent

#8E11D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A2EA

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

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