#79A6EA#79A6EA

#79A6EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.111 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A6EA
RGB	rgb(121, 166, 234)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(216, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 29.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 3.15, -38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 38.97, 274.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0223 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.111 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3677, 37.2754, 83.1044)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A6EA #EABD79

analogous

#79DFEA #79A6EA #8579EA

triadic

#79A6EA #EA79A6 #A6EA79

tetradic

#79A6EA #EA79DF #EABD79 #79EA85

square

#79A6EA #EA79DF #EABD79 #79EA85

split-complementary

#79A6EA #EA8579 #DFEA79

monochromatic

#2063C9 #4483E2 #79A6EA #AEC9F2 #E3ECFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#79A6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#79A6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A6EA

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A6EA	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CAAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F9FE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B5BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 166, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.111 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c0f1',
    500: '#79a6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a6ea;
$custom-light: #a5c0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.106,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72034,
    "c": 0.11115,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A6EA

secondary

#F0E3CF

accent

#8711D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A6EA

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

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