#79A8EB#79A8EB

#79A8EB is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 257.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#79A8EB
RGB	rgb(121, 168, 235)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(215, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.5%, 28.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 2.31, -38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 38.54, 273.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0244 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.111 257.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8781, 38.0658, 83.9853)
Luminance	0.3807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#79A8EB #EBBC79

analogous

#79E1EB #79A8EB #8379EB

triadic

#79A8EB #EB79A8 #A8EB79

tetradic

#79A8EB #EB79E1 #EBBC79 #79EB83

square

#79A8EB #EB79E1 #EBBC79 #79EB83

split-complementary

#79A8EB #EB8379 #E1EB79

monochromatic

#1E66CB #4485E3 #79A8EB #AECBF3 #E4EDFB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#79A8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#79A8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #79A8EB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##79A8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##79A8EB	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)

#8EACEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46B7C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #79a8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(121, 168, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 257.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a5c1f1',
    500: '#79a8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #79a8eb;
$custom-light: #a5c1f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#79a8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 121,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.263,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72506,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 257.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#79A8EB

secondary

#F0E3D0

accent

#840FD6

background

#FAFBFE

surface

#F4F7FD

border

#CED0D5

text

#101217

muted

#7F8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #79A8EB

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

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