#79A3EB#79A3EB

#79A3EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.115 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A3EB
RGB	rgb(121, 163, 235)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(218, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 5.14, -40.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 40.91, 277.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0185 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.115 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9728, 36.2551, 83.6835)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A3EB #EBC179

analogous

#79DCEB #79A3EB #8879EB

triadic

#79A3EB #EB79A3 #A3EB79

tetradic

#79A3EB #EB79DC #EBC179 #79EB88

square

#79A3EB #EB79DC #EBC179 #79EB88

split-complementary

#79A3EB #EB8879 #DCEB79

monochromatic

#1E5ECB #447EE3 #79A3EB #AEC8F3 #E4ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#79A3EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#79A3EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A3EB

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A3EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A3EB	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88A8EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A9DE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a3eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 163, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.115 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bef1',
    500: '#79a3eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a3eb;
$custom-light: #a5bef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a3eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71448,
    "c": 0.11545,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A3EB

secondary

#F0E4D0

accent

#8D0FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A3EB

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