#879CED#879CED

#879CED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.121 H 272.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#879CED
RGB	rgb(135, 156, 237)
HSL	hsl(228, 74%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(228, 43%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 34.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 13.11, -43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 45.04, 286.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0041 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.121 272)
XYZ	xyz(37.1615, 35.0403, 84.9097)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#879CED #EDD887

analogous

#87CFED #879CED #A587ED

triadic

#879CED #ED879C #9CED87

tetradic

#879CED #ED87CF #EDD887 #87EDA5

square

#879CED #ED87CF #EDD887 #87EDA5

split-complementary

#879CED #EDA587 #CFED87

monochromatic

#2147D9 #5270E5 #879CED #BCC8F5 #E4E9FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#879CED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#879CED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #879CED

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##879CED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##879CED	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7FA4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#769CEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#64ADBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #879ced;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 156, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.121 272.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb9f3',
    500: '#879ced',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #879ced;
$custom-light: #aeb9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#879ced",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.647,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 272
  },
  "luminance": 0.35042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#879CED

secondary

#F3EDD8

accent

#AD0FD6

background

#FBFBFE

surface

#F6F6FD

border

#D0D0D5

text

#111117

muted

#808085

Preview Lab

Preview with #879CED

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

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