#79A4E8#79A4E8

#79A4E8 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.110 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A4E8
RGB	rgb(121, 164, 232)
HSL	hsl(217, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.8%, 29.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, 3.70, -38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 38.90, 275.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0205 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.11 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7213, 36.4397, 81.4795)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A4E8 #E8BD79

analogous

#79DCE8 #79A4E8 #8679E8

triadic

#79A4E8 #E879A4 #A4E879

tetradic

#79A4E8 #E879DC #E8BD79 #79E886

square

#79A4E8 #E879DC #E8BD79 #79E886

split-complementary

#79A4E8 #E88679 #DCE879

monochromatic

#2261C5 #4581DF #79A4E8 #ADC7F1 #E1EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79A4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#79A4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A4E8

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A4E8	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA8EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 164, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.110 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5beef',
    500: '#79a4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a4e8;
$custom-light: #a5beef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.757,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71514,
    "c": 0.11048,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A4E8

secondary

#EFE2CE

accent

#8813D3

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A4E8

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

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