#79A5EF#79A5EF

#79A5EF is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A5EF
RGB	rgb(121, 165, 239)
HSL	hsl(218, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(218, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 31%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 5.19, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 41.98, 277.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0198 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.119 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9151, 37.2046, 86.8806)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A5EF #EFC379

analogous

#79E0EF #79A5EF #8879EF

triadic

#79A5EF #EF79A5 #A5EF79

tetradic

#79A5EF #EF79E0 #EFC379 #79EF88

square

#79A5EF #EF79E0 #EFC379 #79EF88

split-complementary

#79A5EF #EF8879 #E0EF79

monochromatic

#195FD4 #4280E8 #79A5EF #B0CAF6 #E4EDFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#79A5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#79A5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A5EF

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A5EF	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89AAF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9FED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43B5BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 165, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a6bff4',
    500: '#79a5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a5ef;
$custom-light: #a6bff4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.627,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72064,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A5EF

secondary

#F2E6D2

accent

#8D0BDB

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A5EF

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