#79A2EB#79A2EB

#79A2EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A2EB
RGB	rgb(121, 162, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(218, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 31.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 5.71, -41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 41.41, 277.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0173 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.116 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7959, 35.9014, 83.6246)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A2EB #EBC279

analogous

#79DBEB #79A2EB #8979EB

triadic

#79A2EB #EB79A2 #A2EB79

tetradic

#79A2EB #EB79DB #EBC279 #79EB89

square

#79A2EB #EB79DB #EBC279 #79EB89

split-complementary

#79A2EB #EB8979 #DBEB79

monochromatic

#1E5DCB #447DE3 #79A2EB #AEC7F3 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#79A2EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#79A2EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A2EB

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A2EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A2EB	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86A7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#799DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a2eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 162, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bdf1',
    500: '#79a2eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a2eb;
$custom-light: #a5bdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a2eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.421,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71238,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A2EB

secondary

#F0E4D0

accent

#8F0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A2EB

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