#79A4E9#79A4E9

#79A4E9 is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.112 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A4E9
RGB	rgb(121, 164, 233)
HSL	hsl(217, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(217, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.1%, 29.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 3.99, -39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 39.41, 275.81°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0202 -0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.112 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8637, 36.4966, 82.2297)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A4E9 #E9BE79

analogous

#79DCE9 #79A4E9 #8679E9

triadic

#79A4E9 #E979A4 #A4E979

tetradic

#79A4E9 #E979DC #E9BE79 #79E986

square

#79A4E9 #E979DC #E9BE79 #79E986

split-complementary

#79A4E9 #E98679 #DCE979

monochromatic

#2161C7 #4480E0 #79A4E9 #AEC8F2 #E2EBFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#79A4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#79A4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A4E9

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A4E9	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA9EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D9EE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49B3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 164, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.112 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5bef0',
    500: '#79a4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a4e9;
$custom-light: #a5bef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.964,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A4E9

secondary

#EFE3CF

accent

#8912D4

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F6FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A4E9

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

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