#879DCD#879DCD

#879DCD is a light, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.075 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#879DCD
RGB	rgb(135, 157, 205)
HSL	hsl(221, 41%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(221, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.1%, 23.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 3.80, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 27.34, 278.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.006 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.075 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.0648, 33.6712, 62.5028)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#879DCD #CDB787

analogous

#87C0CD #879DCD #9487CD

triadic

#879DCD #CD879D #9DCD87

tetradic

#879DCD #CD87C0 #CDB787 #87CD94

square

#879DCD #CD87C0 #CDB787 #87CD94

split-complementary

#879DCD #CD9487 #C0CD87

monochromatic

#405C9A #5C7ABB #879DCD #B2C0DF #DDE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#879DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#879DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #879DCD

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##879DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##879DCD	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DA0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72A7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #879dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 157, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.075 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb9dc',
    500: '#879dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #879dcd;
$custom-light: #acb9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#879dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.143,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69689,
    "c": 0.07518,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#879DCD

secondary

#E3DCCD

accent

#8B31B4

background

#FAFBFD

surface

#F4F6FB

border

#CED0D4

text

#101115

muted

#7F8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #879DCD

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

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