#79A5FD#79A5FD

#79A5FD is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.137 H 263.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A5FD
RGB	rgb(121, 165, 253)
HSL	hsl(220, 97%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(220, 52%, 99%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 0.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 9.39, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 49.19, 281.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0162 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.137 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0640, 38.0642, 98.1981)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A5FD #FDD179

analogous

#79E7FD #79A5FD #8F79FD

triadic

#79A5FD #FD79A5 #A5FD79

tetradic

#79A5FD #FD79E7 #FDD179 #79FD8F

square

#79A5FD #FD79E7 #FDD179 #79FD8F

split-complementary

#79A5FD #FD8F79 #E7FD79

monochromatic

#0455F8 #3D7CFC #79A5FD #B5CDFE #E1EBFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#79A5FD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#79A5FD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A5FD

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A5FD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A5FD	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82ACFF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73A0FB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35B8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a5fd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 165, 253);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.137 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7bffe',
    500: '#79a5fd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a5fd;
$custom-light: #a7bffe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a5fd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 253
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 97.059,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72769,
    "c": 0.13727,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A5FD

secondary

#F7EBD4

accent

#9900E6

background

#FAFBFF

surface

#F4F6FF

border

#CED0D7

text

#101218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A5FD

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

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