#79A3E1#79A3E1

#79A3E1 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A3E1
RGB	rgb(121, 163, 225)
HSL	hsl(216, 63%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(216, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.2%, 27.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 2.23, -35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 35.83, 273.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0213 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.102 258)
XYZ	xyz(34.5685, 35.6933, 76.2875)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A3E1 #E1B779

analogous

#79D7E1 #79A3E1 #8379E1

triadic

#79A3E1 #E179A3 #A3E179

tetradic

#79A3E1 #E179D7 #E1B779 #79E183

square

#79A3E1 #E179D7 #E1B779 #79E183

split-complementary

#79A3E1 #E18379 #D7E179

monochromatic

#2962B7 #4781D6 #79A3E1 #ABC5EC #DDE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#79A3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#79A3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A3E1

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A3E1	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4FB1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 163, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4beea',
    500: '#79a3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a3e1;
$custom-light: #a4beea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.769,
    "s": 63.415,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70971,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.35696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A3E1

secondary

#EBDECB

accent

#841ACB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A3E1

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

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