#79A4E2#79A4E2

#79A4E2 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.103 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A4E2
RGB	rgb(121, 164, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 64%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(215, 46%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 27.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 1.95, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 35.88, 273.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0222 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.103 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8835, 36.1046, 77.0675)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A4E2 #E2B779

analogous

#79D8E2 #79A4E2 #8379E2

triadic

#79A4E2 #E279A4 #A4E279

tetradic

#79A4E2 #E279D8 #E2B779 #79E283

square

#79A4E2 #E279D8 #E2B779 #79E283

split-complementary

#79A4E2 #E28379 #D8E279

monochromatic

#2863B9 #4782D7 #79A4E2 #ABC6ED #DEE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#79A4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#79A4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A4E2

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A4E2	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA8E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4EB2BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 164, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.103 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a4beeb',
    500: '#79a4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a4e2;
$custom-light: #a4beeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.429,
    "s": 64.417,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A4E2

secondary

#EBDECB

accent

#8319CC

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A4E2

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

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