#79A8EA#79A8EA

#79A8EA is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.109 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A8EA
RGB	rgb(121, 168, 234)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 48%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 28.2%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 2.02, -37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 38.05, 273.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.46% -0.0246 -0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(72.46% 0.109 257)
XYZ	xyz(36.7341, 38.0082, 83.2266)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A8EA #EABB79

analogous

#79E1EA #79A8EA #8379EA

triadic

#79A8EA #EA79A8 #A8EA79

tetradic

#79A8EA #EA79E1 #EABB79 #79EA83

square

#79A8EA #EA79E1 #EABB79 #79EA83

split-complementary

#79A8EA #EA8379 #E1EA79

monochromatic

#2066C9 #4486E2 #79A8EA #AECAF2 #E3EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#79A8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#79A8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A8EA

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A8EA	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FACED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47B7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.109 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c1f1',
    500: '#79a8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a8ea;
$custom-light: #a5c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.044,
    "s": 72.903,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72459,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.38011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A8EA

secondary

#F0E2CF

accent

#8311D5

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101216

muted

#7F8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A8EA

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

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